palliate

Meaning

Verb

1. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
2. (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
3. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
4. (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
5. To placate or mollify.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
2. (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

Synonyms

mitigate

alleviate

extenuate

relieve

assuage

allay

ease

temper

abate

soften

reduce

attenuate

diminish

lessen

disburden

appease

soothe

moderate

patch up

qualify

relax

remit

season

smooth out

subdue

tone down

unburden

vindicate

weaken

soften down

ameliorate

bate

break

comfort

damp

deaden

euphemize

excuse

explain away

gloss over

gloze

justify

lighten

mince

modify

mollify

pacify

Translations

pallier

lindern

soulager

paliar

mitigare

yatıştırmak

beschönigen

mitigar

disimular

atenuar

atténuer

atenuar

alleviare

attenuare

paliar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpælieɪt/

Etymology

From Latin palliatus (“cloaked”) (in Late Latin the past participle of palliare (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“cloak”).