palliate

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpalɪeɪt/

verb

  • 1 [with object] make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause: treatment works by palliating symptoms [no object]: pharmaceutical drugs palliate, they do not cure
  • 2disguise the seriousness of (an offence): there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed
  • allay or moderate (fears or suspicions): this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused by German unity

Derivatives

palliation

Pronunciation: /-ˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

palliator

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- 'cloaked', from the verb palliare, from pallium 'cloak'