Obs. rare. [ad. L. allevātiōn-em a raising up, an alleviating, f. allevāre: see ALLEVE.] = ALLEVIATION (for which, in the second instance, it may be a mispr.).
1502. Ord. Crysten Men (W. de Worde), IV. iii. (1506), 170. And this alleuacyon they fynde by certayne operacyons.
1689. Myst. Iniq., 40. That an explanation of these Impositions, and such Allevations, be allowed to the tenderly Considerate.
