Definitions from Wordnet 2.0

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"

Definitions from Wiktionary

• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" ,
• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

• China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation: The China Foundation of Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) was founded in March 1989. ... influential NGO that specialized in poverty alleviation in China ...
• Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India): Low-hanging fruits like increasing the minimum wages of the country can go a long way in achieving the goal of poverty alleviation, but ...
• Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India): The Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation is the head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and one of the ...
• Poverty alleviation programmes in India: Many steps are being taken to try and slowly eradicate this poverty, this gave rise to the poverty alleviation programs. All these programs ...

• Budget to focus on poverty alleviation, says Shahbaz - Nation
  LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that special emphasis would be laid in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the forthcoming budget on poverty alleviation, creation of job opportunities and promotion of investment ... Read more on this news related to 'Alleviation'
• NGO to provide health insurance to 32,000 families in Dir - DAWN Group
  UPPER DIR, May 19: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) will provide free health insurance to 32,000 families under its micro-health programme of Bacha Khan Poverty Alleviation Project in eight union councils of Upper Dir, officials said. Read more on this news related to 'Alleviation'
• Indian Government Spent Rs 4.5Cr In 2010-11 For Digitization & Modernization Of Public Libraries - medianama.com
  Kumari Selja, the Minister for Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, has informed the Parliament of India that Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture and a nodal agency of Indian ... Read more on this news related to 'Alleviation'