palliative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun remedy that alleviates pain without curing
    alleviant; alleviator.
  2. adjective satellite moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
    lenitive; mitigative; mitigatory; alleviative; alleviatory.

WordNet

Pal"li*a*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. palliatif.
Definitions
  1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Pal"li*a*tive noun
Definitions
  1. That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913