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By meaning 2
to relieve the symptoms of:
to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies:

Examples

2 sentences

  1. His friend tried to palliate the offense but nobody cared about that.

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  2. Where defects are uncurable, the teacher must show how they may be palliated and sometimes even converted into graces.

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.

    lindern

  2. (figuratively)To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.

    beschönigen

  3. To placate or mollify.

More meanings 2

  1. (obsolete)To hide or disguise.

  2. (obsolete)To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.

    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

Origin

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve th

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve the symptoms of (a patient); to extenuate (an offense); to conceal, hide”), the adjective and participle from its participle palliat(e); further borrowed either from Middle French pallier or directly from Latin palliātus, perfect passive participle of palliō (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“a cloak”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Forms

palliates, palliating, palliated, palliated

regular · Lesson

Base formpalliate · to palliate
3rd person singularpalliates
Present participlepalliating
Past simplepalliated
Past participlepalliated

Tenses

palliate · palliated · will palliate · have palliated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypalliate
he, she, itpalliates

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave palliated
he, she, ithas palliated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill palliate

Past simpleLesson

all personspalliated

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedpallapalliationpalliativepallium
Derivedpalliatorpalliatory

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pallpalladiumpalletB2palliativepallidpallor

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