PALLIATIVE

alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative

(adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

palliative, alleviant, alleviator

(noun) remedy that alleviates pain without curing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most palliative)

Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

Noun

palliative (plural palliatives)

(medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pal"li*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. palliatif.]

Definition: Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Pal"li*a*tive, n.

Definition: That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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