Know Your Next Word : palliate





20. palliate :



verb :

to relieve or alleviate something without getting rid of the problem, to assuage, to mitigate



usage :

  • You take aspirin in the hope that it will palliate your headache. Aspirin is a palliative.

  • We tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.

  • Palliate a crime.



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