palliate
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
palliate
Verbpalliate (palliates, present participle palliating; past and past participle palliated)
- To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]
- 2009, Boris Johnson, The Evening Standard, 15 Jan 09:
- And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London.
- 2009, Boris Johnson, The Evening Standard, 15 Jan 09:
- (obsolete) To hide or disguise. [16th-19th c.]
- To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. [17th-18th c.]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18,
- If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one?
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18,
- To placate or mollify. [from 17th c.]
- 2007, "Looking towards a Brown future", The Guardian, 25 Jan 07:
- 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).
- 2007, "Looking towards a Brown future", The Guardian, 25 Jan 07:
- French: pallier, atténuer, remèdier à, soulager
- German: lindern
- Portuguese: atenuar, remediar
- Spanish: paliar, mitigar, remediar, atenuar
- German: beschönigen
- Spanish: paliar, cohonestar, encubrir, disimular
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