Definition of PALLIATION

palliation

Meanings

Plural: palliations

Noun

  • easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
  • to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  • The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
  • Extenuation; mitigation.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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