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palliate
v. a.
1.
Extenuate, excuse, gloss, apologize for, lessen, cover, cloak, hide, conceal.
2.
Allay, ease, soothe, mitigate, moderate, assuage, alleviate, soften, abate, mollify, lessen, diminish, relieve, dull, blunt, quiet, still, quell.
Palliate
·adj Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
II. Palliate ·adj Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.
III. Palliate ·vt To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to Hide.
IV. Palliate ·vt To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to Mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
V. Palliate ·vt To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to Extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
palliate
['pal?e?t]
¦ verb
1. make (the symptoms of a disease) less severe without removing the cause.
2. mitigate or disguise (something bad).
Derivatives
palliation noun
palliator noun
Origin
ME: from late L. palliat-, palliare 'to cloak', from pallium 'cloak'.
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1. "There may be an argument that terminally ill and dying patients in specialist palliative care units in hospitals, and hospices should not be denied an activity that would palliate some symptoms of their condition or relieve some distress, especially when the activity itself cannot effectively harm them further." However, not all organisations agree.
2. RPR chief Nicolas Sarkozy is calling for more ‘protection’, and the danger is that a concerted attempt will now be made to palliate French opinion, by curbing the operation of the free market both within the EU and on its borders.
3. There may be an argument that terminally ill and dying patients should not be denied an activity that would palliate some symptoms of their condition or relieve some distress, especially when the activity itself cannot effectively harm them further." The committee, as widely predicted, called for a total tobacco ban in pubs, clubs and restaurants, saying that the government‘s proposals to allow smoking in non–food pubs and private clubs was "unjust, unfair, inefficient and unworkable". This is expected to increase the pressure for a free vote on amendments to the bill limiting smoking in public places.