palliation

palliation is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
2. noun. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.
3. noun. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.
4. noun. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

   Synonyms: extenuation, mitigation

5. noun. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause

Synonyms

extenuation, mitigation

Common word forms

palliations

Words from these letters

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