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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palliation  \Pal`li*a"tion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  palliation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  palliating,  or  state  of  being  palliated; 
  extenuation;  excuse;  as  the  palliation  of  faults, 
  offenses,  vices. 
 
  2.  Mitigation;  alleviation,  as  of  a  disease.  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  That  which  cloaks  or  covers;  disguise;  also  the  state  of 
  being  covered  or  disguised.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palliation 
  n  1:  easing  the  severity  of  a  pain  or  a  disease  without  removing 
  the  cause 
  2:  to  act  in  such  a  way  as  to  cause  an  offense  to  seem  less 
  serious  [syn:  {extenuation},  {mitigation}] 




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