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palliations

palliations is the plural of palliation.

Meaning of palliation

Noun

palliation (countable and uncountable, plural palliations)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about palliations

What is palliations the plural of?
Palliations is the plural of palliation.

Words near palliations in the dictionary

  1. palliate
  2. palliated
  3. palliates
  4. palliating
  5. palliation
  6. palliations
  7. palliative
  8. palliative care
  9. palliatively
  10. palliatives
  11. palliativist

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