palliation
noun/pælɪˈeɪʃən/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.
- derived from pallium
- derived from pallio
- borrowed from palliation
Definitions
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
- The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
- Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.
Extenuation
Extenuation; mitigation.
- The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.
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