palliation

[pal-ee-ey-shuhn] / ˌpæl iˈeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

relief

Synonyms

STRONG

abatement alleviation amelioration appeasement assistance assuagement balm break breather cheer comfort consolation contentment cure deliverance diversion ease easement extrication fix hand happiness help letup lift lightening maintenance mitigation mollification palliative refreshment release remission reprieve respite rest restfulness satisfaction softening solace succor support sustenance

WEAK

allayment comforting load off one's mind quick fix

Antonyms

STRONG

aggravation annoyance check continuation depression discontent discouragement dissatisfaction gloom harm hindrance hurt injury irritation misery obstruction sadness stop unhappiness

Example Sentences

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This party are for maintaining the old landmarks at all hazards, rightly judging that these palliations and explanations of the system will ultimate in its destruction.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

This gave me to see clearly thorow all the pious disguises, and soft palliations of some men; whose words were sometime smoother then oil, but now I saw they would prove very swords.

From Eikon Basilike The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings by Charles I, King of England

Without those palliations, it is not easy to comprehend his occasional rudeness even to friends.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

Nay, more, had found excuses and palliations for him, which quite glossed over his crime and his folly.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant

Men sophisticate themselves with talk about palliations, and excuses, and temptations, and companions and the like.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander

Vocabulary lists containing palliation

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