What does palliate mean?

v. to make something bad like pain or illness less severe without removing the cause

palliate

🇺🇸 /ˈpælieɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpælieɪt/

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verb

to make something bad like pain or illness less severe without removing the cause

The doctor gave her some medicine to palliate the symptoms.

to make something bad like pain or illness less severe without removing the cause

3rd Present palliates

Past palliated

Perfect palliated

Progressive palliating