Palliative

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, n.
     That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.]
     Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or
     alleviate.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  palliative
       adj : moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn:
             {alleviative}, {alleviatory}, {lenitive}, {mitigative},
              {mitigatory}]
       n : remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: {alleviant},
            {alleviator}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "palliative":
     alleviating, alleviative, alleviator, allowance, altering,
     analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, apologetic, assuager, assuasive,
     balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative,
     cathartic, cleansing, color, cushion, deadening, decontamination,
     demulcent, dolorifuge, dulling, easing, emollient, excusatory,
     excusing, extenuating, extenuating circumstances, extenuation,
     extenuative, extenuatory, gilding, gloss, justificatory,
     justifying, lenitive, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigation,
     mitigative, mitigator, mitigatory, moderator, modificatory,
     modifying, modulator, modulatory, mollifier, numbing, pacificator,
     pacifier, pain-killing, palliation, peacemaker, purgative,
     qualification, qualificative, qualificatory, qualifying, refuting,
     rehabilitative, relieving, remedial, restraining hand, restricting,
     restrictive, salve, sedative, shock absorber, softening, soother,
     soothing, soothing syrup, stabilizer, subduing, temperer,
     tranquilizer, varnish, vindicative, vindicatory, whitewash,
     whitewashing, wiser head