palliate

English Thesaurus

1. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)

hypernym	:	ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate,
definition	:	to make better (verb.change)

hyponym	:	soothe,
definition	:	cause to feel better (verb.body)

hyponym	:	comfort, ease,
definition	:	lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate (verb.body)

2. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize,
definition	:	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)

derivation	:	alleviation, easement, easing, relief,
definition	:	the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) (noun.act)

derivation	:	palliation,
definition	:	easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause (noun.act)

derivation	:	alleviant, alleviator, palliative,
definition	:	remedy that alleviates pain without curing (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	alleviation, assuagement, relief,
definition	:	the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	alleviator,
definition	:	a therapist who makes suffering more endurable (noun.person)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

4. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation, palliation,
definition	:	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

5. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)

derivation	:	alleviation, easement, easing, relief,
definition	:	the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) (noun.act)

derivation	:	palliation,
definition	:	easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause (noun.act)

derivation	:	alleviant, alleviator, palliative,
definition	:	remedy that alleviates pain without curing (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	alleviation, assuagement, relief,
definition	:	the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	alleviator,
definition	:	a therapist who makes suffering more endurable (noun.person)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)

6. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation, palliation,
definition	:	to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act)

derivation	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

derivation	:	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative,
definition	:	moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all)