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单词 palliation
释义

palliate /palˈi-āt/

transitive verb
  1. To soften by pleading something in favour
  2. To mitigate
  3. To alleviate
  4. To excuse, extenuate
  5. To cloak (obsolete)
  6. To disguise (obsolete)
adjective see under pallium
ORIGIN: L palliāre, -ātum to cloak, from pallium a cloak

palliāˈtion noun

The act of palliating

pallˈiative /-ə-tiv/ adjective

  1. Serving to extenuate
  2. Mitigating
  3. Alleviating
noun

Something which lessens pain, etc, or gives temporary relief

pallˈiatory adjective

palliative care noun

Treatment of the terminally ill

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