palliation

• Nom désignant l'action de soulager la douleur ou la maladie sans en traiter la cause, ou l'action d'atténuer la gravité d'une faute ou d'un problème.

A noun referring to the act of easing the severity of pain or a disease without removing the underlying cause, or the act of making an offense seem less serious.

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1. Medical reliefC1formalmedical

   The act of reducing the severity of symptoms or pain without curing the underlying disease.

   Palliation (soulagement médical)

   • The doctor focused on the palliation of the patient's chronic pain.
   • Palliation is often the primary goal in advanced cancer care.
   • Modern medicine offers many options for the palliation of nausea.

   Synonymesalleviationassuagementeasingmitigationreliefsoothing

   Antonymescurehealingremediationremedytreatment

2. Mitigation of offenseC2formal

   The act of making an offense or wrongdoing seem less serious or more excusable.

   Atténuation d'une faute

   • His apology was merely a palliation of his rude behavior.
   • The lawyer's argument was a clever palliation of the crime.
   • She offered no palliation for her harsh words.

   Synonymesextenuationminimizationmitigation

   Antonymesaggravationexacerbation