Palliative

a.	1.	Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate.
n.	1.	That which palliates; a palliative agent.

Noun	1.	palliative - remedy that alleviates pain without curing Synonyms: alleviant, alleviator
Adj.	1.	palliative - moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory

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