| n. | 1. | The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; |
| 2. | Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. | |
| 3. | That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. |
| Noun | 1. | palliation - easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause |
| 2. | palliation - to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Synonyms: mitigation, extenuation |