palliation
2 synonyms for palliation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Treatment that eases the symptoms of an illness without curing it.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare ("to cloak; to conceal"), from Latin pallium ("cloak"). Looked at another way, it can be broken down as palliate plus -ion.
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