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palliate
 
Verb palliate has 2 senses
  1. extenuate, palliate, mitigate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
    --1 is one way to apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
    Derived form: noun palliation2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
    --2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
    Derived form: noun palliation1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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