palliation

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief
{n} an extenuation, an imperfect cure
Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease
easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
{i} alleviation, relief, assuagement; calming, soothing; extenuation, act of making a crime less severe
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised
The alleviation of a diseases symptoms without a cure; temporary relief
The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices
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To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify
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Cloaked; hidden, concealed
palliate
To placate or mollify

Brown's options for the machinery of Whitehall are constrained, as for all prime ministers, by the need to palliate allies and hug enemies close (John Reid, say).

palliate
To hide or disguise
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To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies
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to cause to appear less guilty
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{v} to cloak, cover, extenuate, excuse
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provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
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To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate
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Covered with a mant&?;e; cloaked; disguised
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To lessen the severity of; to extenuate
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To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease
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Alleviate without curing; excuse, extenuate
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To cause to seem less serious
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to reduce the effects of illness, pain etc without curing them (past participle of palliare , from pallium; PALL)
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lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
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(3 syl ) means simply to cloak (Latin, pallium, a cloak ) “That we should not dissemble nor cloke them [our sins] but confess them with a humble, lowly, and obedient heart ”- Common Prauer Book
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Eased; mitigated; alleviated
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to try to conceal the seriousness of an offense by excuses and apologies; to moderate the intensity of; to reduce the seriousness of; to relieve or lessen without curing
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To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide
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To cover by excuses and apologies
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To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults
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{f} alleviate, ease, relieve; allay, lessen; mitigate, moderate, make less severe
palliation

    الواصلة

    pal·li·a·tion

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    () Old (and modern) French, from late Latin palliare ‘cover’, from pallium.
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