Meanings of alleviate only in English

That means official waivers alleviate only some pain: formal access to credit just gets harder and black-market obligations remain.

Case in point, the crippling drought experienced in the Northern provinces, alleviated only by exceptional rainfall.

The longing is alleviated only by revulsion.

Then there's the tinnitus - a ringing in his ear alleviated only when he can hear the crickets back home in Spain.

The eminent Grotius being condemned to perpetual imprisonment, his wife determined to share his fate, alleviated only by the reading of books sent by friends.