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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intoxicating, flammable liquid |
| Synonyms: | alky, booze, canned heat, cocktail, drink, ethanol, firewater, hard stuff, hootch, intoxicant, liquor, methanol, moonshine, palliative, red-eye, rotgut, sauce, smoke*, spirits, tipple, toddy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corrective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, curing |
| Synonyms: | antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic |
| Antonyms: | harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining |
| Main Entry: | emollient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soothing |
| Synonyms: | balsamic, demulcent, healing, lenitive, palliative, relieving, remedial, softening |
| Main Entry: | justification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, excuse |
| Synonyms: | absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'être, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore |
| Main Entry: | lotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creamy solution |
| Synonyms: | balm, cosmetic, cream, demulcent, embrocation, lenitive, liniment, medicine, ointment, palliative, preparation, salve, unguent, wash |
| Main Entry: | relief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy, aid; relaxation |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
| Notes: | relief (standing out) and intaglio (sunken) are opposites in art |
| Antonyms: | damage, hurt, injury, pain |
| Main Entry: | soothing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comforting |
| Synonyms: | alleviating, calming, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming |
| Main Entry: | mitigating circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extenuating circumstances |
| Synonyms: | diminished responsibility, palliative, partial excuse, qualification |
| Main Entry: | saving grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redeeming feature |
| Synonyms: | extenuative, good point, palliative, point of character |
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