palliation
/pælɪˈeɪʃən/
palliation noun: the alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
Noun
palliation (countable and uncountable, plural palliations)
- The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
- The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked
- Extenuation; mitigation.
- The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Changes in London”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 235
palliation meaning in Malayalam
palliation in Malayalam
- ഉപശമനം, ലഘൂകരണം, മറുവേഷം, ദോഷശമനം
Forms of palliation
| plural | palliations |
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Origin of palliation
Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.
Words that rhyme with palliation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about palliation
- What does palliation mean?
- Palliation means the alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
- What is palliation in Malayalam?
- Palliation in Malayalam is ഉപശമനം, ലഘൂകരണം, മറുവേഷം. See Palliation meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is palliation?
- Palliation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce palliation?
- Palliation is pronounced /pælɪˈeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of palliation?
- The plural of palliation is palliations.
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