palliate
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From Late Latin palliare (“‘to cover with a cloak’”), from Latin pallium (“‘cloak’”)
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to palliate (third-person singular simple present palliates, present participle palliating, simple past and past participle palliated)
- To lessen the severity of; to extenuate.
- To cause to seem less serious.
- To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
- To cover by excuses and apologies.
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[edit] References
- Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.