PALLIATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they palliate ... he / she / it palliates

Past simple: palliated

Past participle: palliated

-ing form: palliating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide physical relief, as from pain

Example:

This pill will relieve your headaches

Synonyms:

alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "palliate" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "palliate"):

soothe (cause to feel better)

comfort; ease (lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

palliation (easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause)

palliative (moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

Example:

The circumstances extenuate the crime

Synonyms:

extenuate; mitigate; palliate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "palliate" is one way to...):

apologise; apologize; excuse; rationalise; rationalize (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)