palliate
IPA: pˈæɫiʌt
verb
- To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
- To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
- (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
- To placate or mollify.
adjective
- (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
- (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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Examples of "palliate" in Sentences
- There was nothing to palliate what he had seen.
- Only role in prostate cancer is to palliate obstruction.
- Doing it in the name of conquest does not palliate the crime.
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