palliative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
palliative
    adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
           [syn: {alleviative}, {alleviatory}, {lenitive},
           {mitigative}, {mitigatory}, {palliative}]
    n 1: remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn:
         {palliative}, {alleviant}, {alleviator}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, n.
   That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.]
   Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or
   alleviate.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "palliative":
      alleviating, alleviative, alleviator, allowance, altering,
      analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, apologetic, assuager, assuasive,
      balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative,
      cathartic, cleansing, color, cushion, deadening, decontamination,
      demulcent, dolorifuge, dulling, easing, emollient, excusatory,
      excusing, extenuating, extenuating circumstances, extenuation,
      extenuative, extenuatory, gilding, gloss, justificatory,
      justifying, lenitive, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigation,
      mitigative, mitigator, mitigatory, moderator, modificatory,
      modifying, modulator, modulatory, mollifier, numbing, pacificator,
      pacifier, pain-killing, palliation, peacemaker, purgative,
      qualification, qualificative, qualificatory, qualifying, refuting,
      rehabilitative, relieving, remedial, restraining hand, restricting,
      restrictive, salve, sedative, shock absorber, softening, soother,
      soothing, soothing syrup, stabilizer, subduing, temperer,
      tranquilizer, varnish, vindicative, vindicatory, whitewash,
      whitewashing, wiser head
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