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n. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.

n. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse.

n. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

n. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.

n. A cloaking or concealment; a means of hiding or concealing.

n. The act of palliating or concealing the more flagrant circumstances of an offense, crime, etc.; a lessening or toning down of the enormity or gravity of a fault, offense, etc., by the urging of extenuating circumstances, or by favorable representations; extenuation.

n. Mitigation or alleviation, as of a disease.

n. Synonyms See palliate.

n. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause

n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

""I am glad to hear you say so," said Cap. "Miss Black, please hear this in palliation – I would not presume to say in defense – of my conduct: I was driven to frenzy by a passion of contending love and jealousy as violent and maddening as it was unreal and transient."

easing    alleviation    easement    relief    diminution   

extenuation    excuse    mitigation    disguise   

equivocation    extenuation    rationalizations    alleviation    mitigation