The disparate impact of the risk imposed by the "loser pays" rule can be ameliorated . Indeed, there are features of the British legal system which have led some observers to find the rule … to be considerably more benign to poorer litigants. — Edward F. Sherman , Texas Law Review ,

And, after all, some illnesses are psychogenic. Many can be at least ameliorated by a positive cast of mind. — Carl Sagan , The Demon-Haunted World ,

Even the abolitionists gave their attention not to the task of ameliorating conditions among slaves but to transforming slaves into free people. — John Hope Franklin , "The Land of Room Enough," , in Race and History ,

trying to ameliorate the suffering of people who have lost their jobs

This medicine should help ameliorate the pain.