Palliative — Pal li*a*tive, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palliative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relieving pain or alleviating a problem without dealing with the cause. ► NOUN ▪ a palliative remedy or medicine … English terms dictionary
Palliative — Pal li*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palliative — I (abating) adjective allaying, alleviating, alleviative, assuaging, assuasive, beneficial, calmative, consolatory, corrective, curative, easeful, helpful, lenient, drudge, mitigating, mitigative, modifying, modulatory, mollifying, pacifying,… … Law dictionary
palliative — (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. palliatif (14c.), from M.L. palliatus (see PALLIATE (Cf. palliate)). As a noun, recorded from 1724 … Etymology dictionary
palliative — [pal′ē āt΄iv, pal′ēə tiv] adj. serving or tending to palliate; specif., a) alleviating b) excusing; extenuating n. a thing that palliates … English World dictionary
palliative — [[t]pæ̱liətɪv, AM eɪt [/t]] palliatives 1) N COUNT A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering. 2) N COUNT A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a… … English dictionary
palliative — I. adjective Date: 15th century serving to palliate < palliative surgery > < palliative care > • palliatively adverb II. noun Date: 1724 something that palliates … New Collegiate Dictionary
palliative — Reducing the severity of; denoting the alleviation of symptoms without curing the underlying disease. * * * pal·lia·tive pal ē .āt iv, pal yət adj serving to palliate <palliative surgery> pal·lia·tive·ly adv palliative n something that… … Medical dictionary
palliative — pal|li|a|tive [ˈpæliətıv US ətıv, eıtıv] n 1.) formal something done to make a bad situation seem better, but which does not solve the problem ▪ short term economic palliatives 2.) medical a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but… … Dictionary of contemporary English
