Associations to the word «Palliation»

Wiktionary

PALLIATION, noun. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.

Dictionary definition

PALLIATION, noun. Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause.
PALLIATION, noun. To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King