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palliatedverbpast tense of palliate to make (something) seem less bad by offering excusesdon't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies deodorized, excused, explained away, extenuated, glossed (over), glozed (over), whitewashed sugarcoated, varnishedapologized, atoned, confessedaccounted (for), explained, justified, rationalizedminimized, played down, soft-pedaledalleviated, eased, lessened, lightened, mitigated, moderated, softened, temperedabsolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated to make more bearable or less severethis medicine should palliate your cough at least a little allayed, alleviated, assuaged, eased, helped, mitigated, mollified, relieved, soothed abated, lightened, moderated, softened, temperedcured, healed, remediedamended, corrected, emended, fixed, mended, rectified, reformed, repairedameliorated, bettered, enhanced, enriched, improved, meliorated, perfected, refined aggravated, exacerbated harmed, hurt, impaired, injuredheightened, intensified, sharpened |