palliating

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{s} bringing relief, causing alleviation; mitigating, moderating, making less severe
present participle of palliate
palliate
To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify
palliate
Cloaked; hidden, concealed
palliate
To placate or mollify

Brown's options for the machinery of Whitehall are constrained, as for all prime ministers, by the need to palliate allies and hug enemies close (John Reid, say).

palliate
To hide or disguise
palliate
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies
palliate
to cause to appear less guilty
palliate
{v} to cloak, cover, extenuate, excuse
palliate
provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
palliate
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate
palliate
Covered with a mant&?;e; cloaked; disguised
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To lessen the severity of; to extenuate
palliate
To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease
palliate
Alleviate without curing; excuse, extenuate
palliate
To cause to seem less serious
palliate
to reduce the effects of illness, pain etc without curing them (past participle of palliare , from pallium; PALL)
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lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
palliate
(3 syl ) means simply to cloak (Latin, pallium, a cloak ) “That we should not dissemble nor cloke them [our sins] but confess them with a humble, lowly, and obedient heart ”- Common Prauer Book
palliate
Eased; mitigated; alleviated
palliate
to try to conceal the seriousness of an offense by excuses and apologies; to moderate the intensity of; to reduce the seriousness of; to relieve or lessen without curing
palliate
To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide
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To cover by excuses and apologies
palliate
To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults
palliate
{f} alleviate, ease, relieve; allay, lessen; mitigate, moderate, make less severe
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