Definitions
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Word origin
From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
Used in a sentence
“The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.”
“Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pain-easing”10 letters
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