alleviate

• But refuse to tolerate cruelty, suffering, unfairness, bullying, jealousy, apathy, despair, cynicism or hate, in yourself or others -- alleviate it, disarm it, discharge it, whatever it takes to stop these negative emotions and activities, and appreciate that they're signs of sickness, not evil. —  How to Save the World
• Then there is the rest of the post-Gaza mess: a humanitarian emergency to alleviate, the further weakening of America's regional allies, notably including the Palestinian Authority, and a new wave of anger in the region directed at America and its Israeli ally. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
• Wherever there is any grief to alleviate, a heroic act to accomplish, the Count of Monte-Cristo is always on the spot You have a good opinion of me," said the count, deprecatingly; "and then, who was it that took care that the Zouave Coucou was sent here in order to console the poor mother Pah, that was only Christian duty; and besides, Captain Joliette bears among his superiors an excellent name. —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
• We can only delay its progress--alleviate the pain it causes. —  North and South
• And all so amiably alleviate, —  Rolling Stones

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