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Webster 1913 Edition


Palliation

Palˊli-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
palliation
.]
1.
The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse;
as, the
palliation
of faults, offenses, vices
.
2.
Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.
Bacon.
3.
That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Palliation

PALLIA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of palliating; concealment of the most flagrant circumstances of an offense; extenuation by favorable representation; as the palliation of faults, offenses, vices or crimes.
1.
Mitigation; alleviation; abatement; as of a disease.

Definition 2024


palliation

palliation

English

Noun

palliation (plural palliations)

  1. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
    • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked
      Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.

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