palliate
verb (used with object)
palliated
Example Sentences
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The calls palliated some of Collins’s guilt, but not all of it.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
Brogan: So you’ve done this, you’ve obliterated the aneurysm, removed or palliated the tumor, what’s next?
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2017
Charm and high purposes palliated the pure ether of his arrogance.
From US News ● Apr. 9, 2015
However, the program so far has only palliated the world's long-term need for food.
From Time Magazine Archive
The inconvenience of this system in record-keeping is palliated by various devices, for instance reference to well-known events, reigns of kings, dynasties, local lords, etc.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
