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    palliate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word palliate

    Definition
    (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
    Synonyms : extenuate , mitigate
    Example Sentence
    • The circumstances extenuate the crime
    Definition
    (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain
    Synonyms : alleviate , assuage , relieve
    Example Sentence
    • This pill will relieve your headaches
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for palliate

it can be like pale(faint coz of disease)+ate so eating the pain.i.e. reducing it.

palliate=alleviate

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palli+ate.I was hungry,had pain in the stomach,so ate some palli(groundnut).It eased the pain but didn't cure it.

a friend = a PAL will ALLEVIATE your pain.

PALL+I+ATE..ease pain.. PALL means become borin.. u got bored of the pain..fed up of it..so u ATE it..to ease the pain..

pal(friend) + ate(lessen) >>> a friend always LESSEN OUR PAIN when it grows a lot

now here a latin root could help fix few words. Pallere means concealed. cloaked hence something which has become pale . u can find this root in words: palliate: to ease or cloak pain without curing. pall: become pale >less intresting after much

Pain+Alleviate->Palliate

Pall when sick I ate something and i felt better ... same will happen with you.

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