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Definitions for Palliate
[1] to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
[2] to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.
[3] to lessen the severity of (pain, disease, etc) without curing or removing; alleviate; mitigate
[4] to cause (an offence) to seem less serious by concealing evidence; extenuate
Words related to Palliate
lessen, relieve, soften, soothe, disguise, whiten, allay, varnish, ease, hide, sugarcoat, assuage, mask, camouflage, mollify, white, moderate, screen, veneer, exculpate
Words nearby Palliate
palleted, palletize, pallette, pallial, palliasse, palliate, palliative, palliative care, palliative treatment, pallid, pallidal
Origin of Palliate
First recorded in 1540–50, palliate is from the Late Latin word palliātus cloaked, covered. See pallium, -ate1
Other words from Palliate
pal·li·a·tion , noun
pal·li·a·tor , noun
non·pal·li·a·tion , noun
un·pal·li·at·ed , adjective
Word origin for Palliate
C16: from Late Latin palliāre to cover up, from Latin pallium a cloak, pallium
Synonyms for Palliate
abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, hide, justify, lessen, lighten, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, qualify, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash, apologize for, gloze, hush up, make light of, put on a Band-Aid, quick fix