palliation
1. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause • Derivationally related forms: palliate • Hypernyms: easing, easement, alleviation, relief 2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious • Syn: extenuation, mitigation • Derivationally related forms: palliate, mitigate (for: mitigation), extenuate (for: extenuation) • Hypernyms: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
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