palliative

Meaning

Adj

1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
2. Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

Noun

Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

Synonyms

alleviative

alleviatory

alleviator

lenitive

mitigative

mitigatory

alleviant

alleviating medicine

sedative

half measure

giving relief but not cure

mitigable

quietive

soothing

demulcent

killing agent

mitigation

reducing

alleviation

sop

tranquilizer

calmative

Translations

palliatif

palliativo

paliativo

paliativo

palliativ

pal·liatiu

lindernd

hafifletici

verzachtend

Linderungsmittel

μετριαστικός

μαλακτικός

καταπραϋντικό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpælɪətɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).