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Palliate



verb — past tense: palliated ; past participle: palliated ; present participle: palliating ;
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) (to relieve without curing, to excuse, to mitigate, that which mitigates, alleviates) ថយ
ENGLISH MEANING
adjective
1.
Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
verb — past tense: palliated ; past participle: palliated ; present participle: palliating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.