palliative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: palliative	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for palliative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palliative adj moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear Synonym(s): alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative n remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: palliative, alleviant, alleviator]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palliative \Pal"liative\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palliative \Pal"liative\, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.