palliation

• Substantivo que designa a ação de aliviar a gravidade da dor ou de uma doença sem eliminar a causa subjacente, ou a ação de atenuar a gravidade de uma falta ou ofensa.

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.

   Cuidados paliativos

   • 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.

   Sinônimosalleviationassuagementeasingmitigationreliefsoothing

   Antônimoscurehealingremediationremedytreatment

2. Mitigation of offenseC2formal

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

   Atenuação da culpa

   • 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.

   Sinônimosextenuationminimizationmitigation

   Antônimosaggravationexacerbation