palliation
Collocations
2ADJ.
ravenous
VERB + PALLIATION
attends, find
Definitions
noun
The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.
Extenuation; mitigation.
The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.
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Synonyms
noun — to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less ser
- extenuation
- mitigation
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
WiktionaryUna nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.
WiktionaryThe strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that t
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