palliate
vt . 减轻,缓和,辩解
减轻,缓和,辩解
palliate v 1 :
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of ;
"
The circumstances extenuate the crime " [
synonym : {
extenuate },
{
palliate }, {
mitigate }]
2 :
provide physical relief ,
as from pain ; "
This pill will relieve your headaches " [
synonym : {
relieve }, {
alleviate },
{
palliate }, {
assuage }]
Palliate \
Pal "
li *
ate \,
a . [
L .
palliatus ,
fr .
pallium a cloak .
See {
Pall }
the garment .]
1 .
Covered with a mantle ;
cloaked ;
hidden ;
disguised . [
Obs .]
--
Bp .
Hall .
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2 .
Eased ;
mitigated ;
alleviated . [
Obs .] --
Bp .
Fell .
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Palliate \
Pal "
li *
ate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Palliated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Palliating }.]
1 .
To cover with a mantle or cloak ;
to cover up ;
to hide .
[
Obs .]
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Being palliated with a pilgrim '
s coat . --
Sir T .
Herbert .
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2 .
To cover with excuses ;
to conceal the enormity of ,
by excuses and apologies ;
to extenuate ;
as ,
to palliate faults .
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They never hide or palliate their vices . --
Swift .
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3 .
To reduce in violence ;
to lessen or abate ;
to mitigate ;
to ease without curing ;
as ,
to palliate a disease .
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To palliate dullness ,
and give time a shove .
--
Cowper .
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Syn :
To cover ;
cloak ;
hide ;
extenuate ;
conceal .
Usage :
To {
Palliate }, {
Extenuate }, {
Cloak }.
These words ,
as here compared ,
are used in a figurative sense in reference to our treatment of wrong action .
We cloak in order to conceal completely .
We extenuate a crime when we endeavor to show that it is less than has been supposed ;
we palliate a crime when we endeavor to cover or conceal its enormity ,
at least in part .
This naturally leads us to soften some of its features ,
and thus palliate approaches extenuate till they have become nearly or quite identical . "
To palliate is not now used ,
though it once was ,
in the sense of wholly cloaking or covering over ,
as it might be ,
our sins ,
but in that of extenuating ;
to palliate our faults is not to hide them altogether ,
but to seek to diminish their guilt in part ." --
Trench .
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108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
palliate ":
abate ,
adjust to ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
allow for ,
alter ,
anesthetize ,
appease ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
bank the fire ,
benumb ,
blunt ,
box in ,
camouflage ,
chasten ,
circumscribe ,
cloak ,
color ,
conceal ,
condition ,
condone ,
constrain ,
control ,
cushion ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
diminish ,
disguise ,
dissemble ,
downplay ,
dull ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
excuse ,
extenuate ,
foment ,
give relief ,
gloss over ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
hush up ,
ignore ,
keep within bounds ,
lay ,
leaven ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lighten ,
limit ,
lull ,
make allowance for ,
mask ,
mince ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
narrow ,
numb ,
obtund ,
pad ,
play down ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
prettify ,
qualify ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
regulate by ,
relieve ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
salve ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set limits ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slow down ,
slur over ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soothe ,
stifle ,
stupe ,
subdue ,
sugarcoat ,
suppress ,
tame ,
temper ,
tone down ,
tune down ,
underplay ,
varnish ,
veneer ,
weaken ,
white ,
whiten ,
whitewash
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