Palliate

a.	1.	Covered with a mantle; cloaked; hidden; disguised.
	2.	Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
v. t.	1.	To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [imp. & p. p. Palliated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palliating .] Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat. - Sir T. Herbert.
	2.	To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults. They never hide or palliate their vices. - Swift.
	3.	To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease without curing; as, to palliate a disease. To palliate dullness, and give time a shove. - Cowper.

Verb	1.	palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" Synonyms: extenuate, mitigate
	2.	palliate - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" Synonyms: alleviate, relieve, assuage

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