palliation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
2. (countable, uncountable) Extenuation; mitigation.

Synonyms

alleviation

extenuation

mitigation

moderation

solace

whitewashing

abatement

glossing over

comfort

easing

relief

Translations

mitigation

mitigazione

Beschönigung

extenuació

pal·liació

ανακούφιση

μετριασμός

atténuation

embellissement

addolcimento

attenuazione

vergoelijking

verzachting

encubrimiento

التخفيف

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pælɪˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.