lĕvātĭo (noun F) : id.. *
* A lifting up, raising, elevating: onerum levationes facere,Vitr. 10, 8; a metrical t. t. = ἄρσις, Aug. Mas. II. 18.
* Trop.
* An alleviation, mitigation, relief (class.): alicui esse levationi,Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 5: ea, quae levationem habeant aegritudinum,may produce an alleviation, may alleviate,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119: levationem invenire acerbissimis doloribus,id. ib. 5, 41, 121: doloris at officii debiti,id. Att. 12, 23, 3.
* A diminishing (rare but class.): vitiorum,Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: periculi,Vell. 2, 130 fin.

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