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palliation
 
Noun palliation has 2 senses
  1. palliation - easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
    --1 is a kind of     easing, easement, alleviation, relief
    Derived form: verb palliate2
  2. extenuation, mitigation, palliation - to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
    --2 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
    Derived form: verb palliate1
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