palliation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
Types & categories
- easing hypernym
Related & opposite
- relieve derivation
Sense 2 noun
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
Related & opposite
- palliate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relieve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | easing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |