palliation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: palliation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palliation n easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Synonym(s): extenuation, mitigation, palliation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palliation \Pal`lia"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.]