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Palliative

Palliative Meaning & Definition
Palliative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Palliative?

[n] remedy that alleviates pain without curing
[adj] moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Synonyms | Synonyms for Palliative: alleviant | alleviative | alleviator | alleviatory | lenitive | mitigative | mitigatory | moderating

Related Terms | Find terms related to Palliative: alleviating | alleviative | alleviator | allowance | altering | analgesic | anesthetic | anodyne | apologetic | assuager | assuasive | balm | balmy | balsamic | benumbing | bounding | calmant | calmative | cathartic | cleansing | color | cushion | deadening | decontamination | demulcent | dolorifuge | dulling | easing | emollient | excusatory | excusing | extenuating | extenuating circumstances | extenuation | extenuative | extenuatory | gilding | gloss | justificatory | justifying | lenitive | limitative | limiting | mitigating | mitigation | mitigative | mitigator | mitigatory | moderator | modificatory | modifying | modulator | modulatory | mollifier | numbing | pacificator | pacifier | pain-killing | palliation | peacemaker | purgative | qualification | qualificative | qualificatory | qualifying | refuting | rehabilitative | relieving | remedial | restraining hand | restricting | restrictive | salve | sedative | shock absorber | softening | soother | soothing | soothing syrup | stabilizer | subduing | temperer | tranquilizer | varnish | vindicative | vindicatory | whitewash | whitewashing | wiser head

See Also | curative | cure | remedy

Palliative In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
\Pal"li*a*tive\, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.

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