Palliate

Definition:

• (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
• (a.) Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.
• (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
• (v. t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
• (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.

Compare palliate with other words:

palliate vs. palliated

palliate vs. propitiate

allay vs. palliate

extenuatory vs. palliate

health vs. palliate

alleviate vs. palliate

gloze vs. palliate

palliate vs. pallium

palliate vs. palliative

palliate vs. palliation

mollify vs. palliate

palliate vs. placate

palliate vs. qualify

moderate vs. palliate

extenuate vs. palliate

palliate vs. severity

lessen vs. palliate

disguise vs. palliate

ameliorate vs. palliate

hide vs. palliate

palliate vs. relieve

concealed vs. palliate

hidden vs. palliate

assuage vs. palliate

mitigate vs. palliate