to palliate

English - Turkish

Definition of to palliate in English Turkish dictionary

geçiştirmek

{f} hafifletmek

teskin etmek

dindirmek

(hastalık) hafifletmek

palliationözür

{f} mazur göstermek

{f} (hastalık, zorluk v.b.'ni) hafifletmek

{f} (kabahat, hakaret v.b.'ni) önemsizmiş gibi göstermek

{f} örtbas etmek

(Tıp) Hafifletmek (hastalık, v.s.), teskin etmek, yatıştırmak

hafifletmek teskin etmek

hafifletme

mazur göster/hafiflet

English - English

Definition of to palliate in English English dictionary

To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify

Cloaked; hidden, concealed

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).

To hide or disguise

To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies

to cause to appear less guilty

{v} to cloak, cover, extenuate, excuse

provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate

Covered with a mant&?;e; cloaked; disguised

To lessen the severity of; to extenuate

To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease

Alleviate without curing; excuse, extenuate

To cause to seem less serious

to reduce the effects of illness, pain etc without curing them (past participle of palliare , from pallium; PALL)

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

(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

Eased; mitigated; alleviated

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

To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide

To cover by excuses and apologies

To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults

{f} alleviate, ease, relieve; allay, lessen; mitigate, moderate, make less severe

Hyphenation

to pal·li·ate