palliative

[ pal-ee-ey-tiv, -ee-uh-tiv ]

/ ˈpæl iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪv /

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adjective

serving to palliate.

noun

something that palliates.

Origin of palliative

From the French word palliatif, dating back to 1535–45. See palliate, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM palliative

pal·li·a·tive·ly, adverb non·pal·li·a·tive, adjective non·pal·li·a·tive·ly, adverb un·pal·li·a·tive, adjective

Words nearby palliative

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Example sentences from the Web for palliative

Palliative sedation would have relieved her pain, it is true.

U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life |Elizabeth Picciuto |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I found a solution in palliative care—which is dedicated to minimizing pain and keeping the chronically ill out of the hospital.

Meet America's Overworked Caregivers |Gail Sheehy |April 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This is palliative care—a return of some control to people during a passage in life that is uncontrollable.

The Right to Die at Home |Gail Sheehy |March 2, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
In the heat of anger, no provocation would be weighed—no palliative admitted; and the innocent would perish with the guilty.

The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) |John West

I wonder whether Thompson's Musidora could be considered a sufficient precedent, or at least a palliative parallel?

The Heroine |Eaton Stannard Barrett
During his sickness he sought a palliative for his pains—in the Bible.

Jewish Literature and Other Essays |Gustav Karpeles
There is then a palliative for the busy bee's "hot foot," as Paddy described his first warm contact with the insect.

Eye Spy |William Hamilton Gibson
However I had a visit from Bob as a palliative which supported me under the rest.

Miss Eden's Letters |Emily Eden

British Dictionary definitions for palliative

palliative

/ (ˈpælɪətɪv) /

adjective

serving to palliate; relieving without curing

noun

something that palliates, such as a sedative drug or agent

Derived forms of palliative

palliatively, adverb

Medical definitions for palliative

palliative

[ păl′ē-ā′tĭv, -ē-ə-tĭv ]

adj.

Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure.

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