a. | 1. | Covered with a mantle; cloaked; hidden; disguised. |
2. | Eased; mitigated; alleviated. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. |
2. | To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; | |
3. | To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease without curing; |
Verb | 1. | palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" |
2. | palliate - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |