Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palliative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.]
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, n.
That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
palliative
adj : moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn:
{alleviative}, {alleviatory}, {lenitive}, {mitigative},
{mitigatory}]
n : remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: {alleviant},
{alleviator}]
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