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 chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates