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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Palliation (0.00775 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Palliation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: palliation
palliation
n 1: easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing
the cause
2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn:
extenuation,
mitigation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Palliation
Palliation
\Pal`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. palliation.]
1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated;
extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults,
offenses, vices.
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2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. --Bacon.
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3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of
being covered or disguised. [Obs.]
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