Noun: palliation ,pa-lee'ey-shun
- Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
"The doctor focused on palliation of the patient's symptoms when a cure was not possible"
- To act in such a way as to cause an offence to seem less serious
"His palliation of the incident only made matters worse";
- extenuation, mitigation
Derived forms: palliations
Type of: alleviation, decrease, diminution, easement, easing, reduction, relief, step-down
Encyclopedia: Palliation