LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of availability is whether someone or something can be accessed or used. An example of availability is when a classmate can meet to discuss a project on a certain date.
excuse - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; he kept finding excuses to stay; every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job; his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
transitive verb. 1  To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. 2  To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment.his woman hopes these things will alleviate her headache. This woman hopes these things will alleviate her headache. The definition of alleviate is to make something easier to deal with or endure. An example of alleviate is to take pain killers to ease the tension of a headache.