palliate
verb (used with object)
had palliated
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past perfectof palliate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had palliated his conduct by saying to himself that Gilbert had given Cecily up, but the excuse would not serve to absolve him from the sense of unfriendly behaviour.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
The mode of her departure had palliated whatever of resentment Mrs. Owen and Peggy might have felt for the girl’s breach of hospitality.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
