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palliative

adj
/ˈpælɪətɪv/UK/ˈpælieɪtɪv/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from pallium
  2. derived from palliō — “to cloak”
  3. derived from *palliātīvus✻
  4. borrowed from palliatif

Definitions

  1. Serving to palliate

    Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

  2. Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as…

    Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

  3. Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

    • The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
    • Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...

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Derived

nonpalliative, palliative care, palliatively, palliativist

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for palliative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA