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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca