palliation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
  2. noun to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
    mitigation; extenuation.

WordNet

Pal`li*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. palliation.
Definitions
  1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
  2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.
  3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. Obs.

Webster 1913