palliation
palliation · palliations
облегчение
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cureThe alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
/pælɪˈeɪʃən/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
(countable, uncountable)Extenuation; mitigation.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
palliation:
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), fromBorrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: palliations| Singular | palliation |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious:extenuationmitigation
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpalliate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable