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 (&lt; levis, <span class="fr">à distinguer de</span> — <span class="en">to be separated from levigare, <i>class.</i></span> &laquo;<span class="fr">polir</span> — <span class="en">to polish</span>&raquo;):<br><b>1.</b> *<span class="fr"><i>alléger, adoucir</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to relieve, alleviate</i></span>.<br><b>2.</b> <span class="fr"><i>réduire, relâcher</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to diminish, slacken</i></span>.<br><b>3.</b> <span class="fr"><i>traiter légèreme</span><span class="fr">nt, fermer les yeux sur</i> qqch., </span><span class="fr"><i>prendre à la légère</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to treat lightly, deal leniently with</i> a thing, <i>to extenuate</i></span>.<br><b>4.</b> <span class="fr"><i>exonérer, débarrasser</i></span> — <span class="en"><i>to relieve</i> one of a burden</span>.
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