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pal·li·ate (păĺē-āt́)

[Middle English palliaten, from Late Latin palliāre, palliāt-, to cloak, palliate, from Latin pallium, cloak.]

transitive verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

  1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
  2. To make less severe or intense; mitigate: tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
  3. To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.

derivatives

paĺli·átion
noun
paĺli·átor
noun

synonyms:

palliate, extenuate, gloss1gloze, whitewash These verbs mean to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible: palliate a crime; couldn't extenuate the malfeasance; glossing over an unethical transaction; glozing sins and iniquities; whitewashed official complicity in political extortion.
See also: relieve