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Adjective: palliative  'pa-lee,ey-tiv or pal-yu-tiv [N. Amer], pa-lee-u-tiv [Brit]
  1. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
    - alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory
Noun: palliative  'pa-lee,ey-tiv or pal-yu-tiv [N. Amer], pa-lee-u-tiv [Brit]
  1. Remedy that alleviates pain without curing
    - alleviant, alleviator

Derived forms: palliatives

See also: moderating

Type of: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic

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