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- palliative⇄adj. 1. useful to lessen or soften; mitigating.
Ex. Treatment turns out to be only palliative at best; the truth is they are schizos, whose psychic split is too wide ever to be healed (Harper's).
2. tending or seeking to palliate; excusing; - palliative⇄adv. palliatively.
- palliative⇄noun 1. something that lessens or softens pain or disease.
Ex. Drug firms have palliatives, but no promising cure for coronary thrombosis (Wall Street Journal).
2. something that mitigates or excuses.
Ex. It is, therefore, necessary in - palliative⇄palliative, adjective, noun.