Lewis Short
lĕvāmentum (noun N) : 1. levo
* An alleviation, mitigation, consolation, comfort (class.): miseriarum,Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 53: doloris,Plin. Ep. 8, 19: sine levamento,Tac. A. 4, 66: tributi,id. H. 1, 8: nec aliud levamentum quam si certis sub legibus militia iniretur,id. A. 1, 17: praestare,Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 23: mihi illam rem fore levamento,Cic. Att. 12, 43, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary