English Explanatory Dictionary

palliation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
  2. Extenuation; mitigation.

Pronunciation

/pælɪˈeɪʃən/

Word forms

palliation palliations

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.

Translations

Bulgarian: облекчаване Finnish: lievitys Polish: uśmierzanie Polish: łagodzenie Russian: облегчение Serbo-Croatian: palijacija Serbo-Croatian: palijativa
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