palliation
11palliation — See palliate. * * * …
12palliation — noun /pælɪˈeɪʃən/ The alleviation of a diseases symptoms without a cure; temporary relief. , 1985, 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… …
13palliation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Freedom, especially from pain: alleviation, assuagement, ease, mitigation, relief. See INCREASE …
14Palliation — Pallia|tio̱n [zu lat. palliare = mit einem Mantel bedecken] w; , en: Linderung von Krankheitsbeschwerden (z. B. durch Medikamente) …
15Palliation — Pal|li|a|ti|on die; , en <zu (m)lat. palliare »mit einem Mantel bedecken; verbergen« u. ↑...ation> Linderung von Krankheitsbeschwerden (z. B. durch Medikamente; Med.) …
16palliation — pal·li·a·tion || ‚pælɪ eɪʃn n. alleviation, relief, assuagement; calming, soothing; extenuation, act of making a crime less severe …
17palliation — n. 1. Extenuation. 2. Mitigation, alleviation, relief, abatement …
18palliation — n 1. extenuation, minimizing, minimization, playing down; justification, vindication, exculpation, exoneration; excuse, rationalization, apology; whitewash, cover up, varnish, gloss, veneer; sugar coating, candy coating; softening, lightening,… …
19palliation — pal·li·a·tion …
20palliation — noun 1. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑palliate • Hypernyms: ↑easing, ↑easement, ↑alleviation, ↑relief 2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious …
