The AI-powered English dictionary
countable and uncountable, plural palliations
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief. quotations examples
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.
1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked
Extenuation; mitigation. quotations examples
The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 235