palliate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *palliate*:
VERB	communication	palliate, extenuate, mitigate	lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
VERB	body	palliate, relieve, alleviate, assuage	provide physical relief, as from pain

English > *palliate*: 2 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	extenuate, mitigate
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	apologize, apologise, excuse, rationalize, rationalise	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
Spanish	atenuar, mitigar, paliar, remediar
Catalan	atenuar, mitigar, pal·liar, remeiar
Nouns	palliation	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

English > *palliate*: 2 senses > verb 2, body
Meaning	Provide physical relief, as from pain.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	relieve, alleviate, assuage
Narrower	comfort, ease	lessen pain or discomfort
Narrower	soothe	Cause to feel better
Broader	better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate	To make better
Spanish	aliviar, apaciguar, mitigar, paliar, salvar, suavizar
Catalan	alleugerir, alleujar, apaivagar, mitigar, salvar, suavitzar
Adjectives	palliative	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Nouns	palliation	easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause

HyperDic: palliate