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How to sign: provide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will relieve your headaches";
Similiar / Same: relieve, alleviate, assuage
Categories: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Within this category: comfort, soothe
How to sign: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
"The circumstances extenuate the crime";
Similiar / Same: extenuate, mitigate
Categories: apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize
