palliation

palliation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.
  2. 2.That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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