To palliate means to ease symptoms without addressing the cause, or to lessen the severity of an offense with excuses.
To ease symptoms without fixing the cause, or to make an offense appear less severe.
| Front | palliate |
|---|---|
| Back | verb 1. To ease the symptoms of a problem without fixing its cause. 2. To make an offense appear less severe by excuses or apologies; extenuate. [From Latin palliare (to cover), from pallium (cloak).] "When success came it palliated his sense of loss for a while." - Frank Carrigan; John Lennon: The Life; Brisbane Times (Australia); Jan 9, 2009. |
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