单词 | palliation |
释义 | palliationn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] coverture1393 laina1400 coveringc1400 palliation?c1425 lainingc1440 lonea1450 hudder-mudder1461 hugger-mugger1529 concealment1565 celation1567 hugger1576 burial1596 smothering1602 suppression1651 disguisal1652 hugger-mug1654 latitancy1701 cover-up1927 wraps1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] shadowc1200 blindfolding?c1225 coverturec1374 hiding1382 veilc1384 palliation?c1425 covert1574 panoply1576 hoodwink1577 mask1597 cover1600 screena1616 pretexture1618 purdah1621 subterfuge1621 tecture1624 coverlet1628 domino1836 face shield1842 concealment1847 protective colouring1873 camouflage1885 protective coloration1892 smokescreen1926 cover-up1927 scrim1942 marzipan1945 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 384 The rewle of palliacioun [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. Gouernaunce palliatif; L. Regimen palliatiuum], i. of hydinge or of clowtynge forth, haþ þre entenciouns. 1577 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing (1602) 228 They make her [sc. justice] serve..as a palliation or coverture, for all assassi[n]ments, murders, and vengeances. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvii. 220 For if Princes need no palliations, as he tells his Son, wherfore is it that he himself hath so oft'n us'd them? 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶9. p. ix The generality of Christians make the external frame of Religion but a palliation for sin. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 344 Candour would wish to throw a veil over the failings of an illustrious character; but deliberately perpetrated crimes have no claim to palliation. 2. The action or an instance of disguising or seeking to make less conspicuous the gravity of an offence, etc., by excuses and apologies; extenuation, excuse. Frequently in in palliation of. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > offering an excuse > extenuation glozing1377 colouring?1435 mincing1533 palliationa1538 polishing1646 extenuation1651 mitigation1664 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 119v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Palliatioun Confessionis thare..all full of purite without palliatioun. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Mm2v Herein comes in crookedly and dangerously, a palliation of a great part of Ceremoniall Magicke. View more context for this quotation 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶15. p. xiv The foments of strife and palliations of Hypocrisy. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. liv. 347 Evils self-caused..admit not of palliation. 1766 E. Griffith Double Mistake v. iv. 76 I can only, in palliation of my behaviour, say, that it was not badness of heart..which tempted me to leave my sphere. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. ii. 28 He was anxious while vindicating himself to say nothing unkind of the others; but there was only one amongst them whose conduct he could mention without some necessity of defence or palliation . View more context for this quotation 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 570 He could not..invoke even the tyrant's plea of necessity in palliation of his evil deeds. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxx. 481 There were excuses, of course, palliations, extenuating circumstances. 1999 Civil War Hist. (Nexis) 1 June 99 Cases where it can be shown that the prisoner was impressed into the rebel service, or which can plead in palliation extreme youth, followed by open and declared repentance..may be specifically reported. 3. a. The alleviation of a disease or its symptoms without curing it; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > alleviation supportation1527 lenition?1541 palliation1543 restriction1599 palliative1656 blandiment1684 supportive care1895 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. viii. f. 215v/2 Opiate medicines swage payn, howbeit it is onely after the maner of palliation. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §61 A wise physician will consider whether a disease be incurable;..if he find it to be such, let him resort to palliation; and alleviate the symptom. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋83 Palliations of diseases. 1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 481 The attempting a perfect Cure of these by the Knife..often puts an untimely end to the Patient's life, which by palliation might be prolonged. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 9 Sept. (1994) IV. 197 Excision is doubtless necessary, to the cure, and I know not any means of palliation. 1910 H. Cushing in W. Osler & T. McCrae Mod. Med. VII. 457 Tumor-palliation (decompressive operations). 1989 Nature 14 Sept. 88/1 That so much has been learned so quickly about the mechanism of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and its palliation may be remarkable. b. In extended use: alleviation, mitigation, temporary relief (of a painful emotion, situation, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation allegeancec1325 swaging1340 legeancec1390 mitigationa1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleging?a1425 alleviation?a1425 lighteningc1425 queeming1440 allevation1502 soberinga1510 extenuation1542 assuagement1561 releasement1569 assuaging1580 assuage1596 mitification1607 allayment1609 palliation1813 soothing1847 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. iv. 75 The belief of his self-conquest..afforded no palliation of her distress. View more context for this quotation 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xxii. 314 You utterly refuse to admit that there is any palliation of your misery. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xvii. 544 The machines..that would lend themselves to decentralization in a life-centered order, here become either a means to increase congestion or afford some slight temporary palliation—at a price. 1991 P. Thane Found. Welfare State (BNC) 13 The rapid growth of private charity in these years also gave rise to institutions demonstrating a variety of approaches to the palliation of poverty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1425 |
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