Palliate
31palliation — palliate ► VERB 1) make (the symptoms of a disease) less severe without removing the cause. 2) make (something bad) less severe. DERIVATIVES palliation noun. ORIGIN Latin palliare to cloak …
32extenuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. excuse, forgive, pardon, mitigate, palliate; attenuate; diminish, weaken. See vindication, weakness, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reduce, lessen, diminish, palliate, mitigate, qualify,… …
33Extenuate — Ex*ten u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out… …
34Extenuated — Extenuate Ex*ten u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.] 1. To make thin or slender; to… …
35Extenuating — Extenuate Ex*ten u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.] 1. To make thin or slender; to… …
36palliative — palliatively, adv. /pal ee ay tiv, ee euh tiv/, adj. 1. serving to palliate. n. 2. something that palliates. [1535 45; < F palliatif. See PALLIATE, IVE] * * * …
37condone — con·done /kən dōn/ vt con·doned, con·don·ing [Latin condonare to give away, absolve]: to pardon or overlook voluntarily Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. condone …
38Palliation — To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. To take a case, a 91 year old man was found to have a tumor in his lung. He did not have chest surgery because of his …
39Palliative treatment — To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment. To take a case, a 91 year old man was found to have a tumor in his lung …
40Treatment, palliative — To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment. To take a case, a 91 year old man was found to have a tumor in his lung …
