Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palliation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palliation \Pal`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. palliation.]
1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated;
extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults,
offenses, vices.
2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. --Bacon.
3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of
being covered or disguised. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palliation
n 1: easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing
the cause
2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}]
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