ALL meanings of palliate
pal·li·ate
P p - verb with object palliate to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. 1
- verb with object palliate to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate. 1
- transitive verb palliate alleviate, ease 1
- verb palliate to lessen the severity of (pain, disease, etc) without curing or removing; alleviate; mitigate 0
- verb palliate to cause (an offence) to seem less serious by concealing evidence; extenuate 0
- verb transitive palliate to lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease 0
- verb transitive palliate to make appear less serious or offensive; excuse; extenuate 0