palliate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pal=li=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

palliate, a. [L. palliatus, fr. pallium a cloak. See Pall the garment.].

•  Covered with a mantle; cloaked; hidden; disguised.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]
•  Eased; mitigated; alleviated.  Bp. Fell.  [1913 Webster]

palliate, v. t. 

•  To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.  [1913 Webster]

  "Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.  [1913 Webster]

  "They never hide or palliate their vices."  [1913 Webster]
•  To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease without curing; as, to palliate a disease.  [1913 Webster]

  "To palliate dullness, and give time a shove."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To cover; cloak; hide; extenuate; conceal.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

palliate, v.tr.
1 alleviate (disease) without curing it.
2 excuse, extenuate.

Derivative

palliation n. palliator n.

Etymology

LL palliare to cloak f. pallium cloak

THESAURUS

palliate

abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow for, alter, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, camouflage, chasten, circumscribe, cloak, color, conceal, condition, condone, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, disguise, dissemble, downplay, dull, ease, ease matters, excuse, extenuate, foment, give relief, gloss over, hedge, hedge about, hush up, ignore, keep within bounds, lay, leaven, lenify, lessen, lighten, limit, lull, make allowance for, mask, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, mollify, narrow, numb, obtund, pad, play down, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, prettify, qualify, reduce, reduce the temperature, regulate by, relieve, restrain, restrict, salve, season, set conditions, set limits, slacken, slake, slow down, slur over, smother, sober, sober down, soft-pedal, soften, soothe, stifle, stupe, subdue, sugarcoat, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, tune down, underplay, varnish, veneer, weaken, white, whiten, whitewash

ROGET THESAURUS

palliate

Improvement

VB improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.

Remedy

VB apply a remedy, doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster, drain, prevent, relieve, palliate, restore, drench with physic, bleed, cup, let blood, manicure, operate, excise, cut out, incise.

Relief

VB relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe, salve, soften, soften down, foment, stupe, poultice, assuage, allay, cheer, comfort, console, enliven, encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease, gladden the heart, cheer the heart, inspirit, invigorate, remedy, cure, refresh, pour balm into, pour oil on, smooth the ruffled brow of care, temper the wind to the shorn lamb, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, disburden, take a load off one's chest, get a load off one's chest, take off a load of care, be relieved, breathe more freely, draw a long breath, take comfort, dry the tears, dry the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes.

Vindication

N vindication, justification, warrant, exoneration, exculpation, acquittal, whitewashing, extenuation, palliation, palliative, softening, mitigation, reply, defense, recrimination, apology, gloss, varnish, plea, salvo, excuse, extenuating circumstances, allowance, allowance to be made, locus paenitentiae, apologist, vindicator, justifier, defendant, justifiable charge, true bill, v, justify, warrant, be an excuse for, lend a color, furnish a handle, vindicate, exculpate, disculpate, acquit, clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash, clear the skirts of, extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze, put a gloss, put a good face upon, mince, gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile, advocate, defend, plead one's cause, stand up for, stick up for, speak up for, contend for, speak for, bear out, keep in countenance, support, plead, say in defense, plead ignorance, confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for, take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to, give one his due, give the Devil his due, make good, prove the truth of, prove one's case, be justified by the event, vindicated, vindicating, exculpatory, apologetic, excusable, defensible, pardonable, venial, veniable, specious, plausible, justifiable, honi sot qui mal y pense, good wine needs no bush.