palliation

Noun
  1. Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause (synset 100356373)
    is a type of: alleviation, easement, easing, relief - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
  2. To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (synset 100355409)
    is a type of: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down - the act of decreasing or reducing something
    same as: extenuation, mitigation

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