lĕvātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.]. I.A lifting up, raising, elevating: onerum levationes facere, Vitr. 10, 8; a metrical t. t. = a)/rsis, Aug. Mas. II. 18.—II.Trop.A.An alleviation, mitigation, relief (class.): alicui esse levationi, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 5: ea, quae levationem habeant aegritudinum,