Definitions for palliate
ˈpæl iˌeɪtpal·li·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. extenuate, palliate, mitigateverb

   lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

   "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

2. relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuageverb

   provide physical relief, as from pain

   "This pill will relieve your headaches"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. palliateverb

   To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.

2. palliateverb

   To hide or disguise.

3. palliateverb

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

4. palliateverb

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

5. palliateverb

   To placate or mollify.

6. palliateadjective

   Cloaked; hidden, concealed.

7. Etymology: From palliatus (in the past participle of palliare), from pallium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To PALLIATEverb

   Etymology: pallio, Lat. from pallium, a cloak; pallier, French.

   1. To cover with excuse.

   They never hide or palliate their vices, but expose them freely to view. Jonathan Swift, Advan. of Religion.

   2. To extenuate; to soften by favourable representations.

   The fault is to extenuate, palliate, and indulge. Dryden.

   3. To cure imperfectly or temporarily, not radically; to ease, not cure.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. palliate

   Palliate is a verb meaning to make a disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause, or to alleviate or ease without curing. It can also mean to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of an offense by excuses, apologies, or to lessen the impact of something serious.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Palliateadjective

   covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised

2. Palliateadjective

   eased; mitigated; alleviated

3. Palliateverb

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

4. Palliateverb

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

5. Palliateverb

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

6. Etymology: [L. palliatus, fr. pallium a cloak. See Pall the garment.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Palliate

   pal′i-āt, v.t. to cover, excuse, extenuate: to soften by pleading something in favour of: to mitigate.—n. Palliā′tion, act of palliating: extenuation: mitigation.—adj. Pall′iātive, serving to extenuate: mitigating.—n. that which lessens pain, disease, &c.—adj. Pall′iātory. [L. palliāre, -ātum, to cloak—pallium, a cloak.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of palliate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of palliate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=palliate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Palliate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=palliate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palliate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=palliate