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palliation

pal·lia·tion

UK/pælɪˈeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause

2.

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.

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