1. to make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without curing it
Usage: medical
2. to make (something bad) seem less serious or offensive

Examples

• The medication can palliate the pain but cannot cure the underlying condition.
• Morphine is used to palliate suffering in terminal cancer patients.
• The doctor prescribed drugs to palliate her chronic arthritis symptoms.
• He tried to palliate his mistake by offering a weak excuse.
• The politician attempted to palliate the scandal with a public apology.
• Nothing could palliate the severity of his actions.
• The treatment will palliate the symptoms while we search for a cure.