palliate

Verb

Verb Forms: palliated, palliating, palliates

To make less severe or unpleasant without curing.
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
provide physical relief, as from pain
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
To hide or disguise.
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
To placate or mollify.

Adj

Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

Examples

He tried to PALLIATE his defeat by blaming the "bad tiles."

Origin / Etymology

From Latin palliatus (“cloaked”) (in Late Latin the past participle of palliare (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“cloak”).

Synonyms

alleviate, assuage, extenuate, mitigate, relieve

Scrabble Score: 10

palliate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
palliate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
palliate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

palliate: valid Words With Friends Word