His friend tried to palliate the offense but nobody cared about that.
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Palliate
//ˈpælieɪt//
Synonyms for "palliate" (124 found)
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Translations
54 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- облекчавам verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- премълчавам verb (obsolete: to hide or disguise)
- прикривам verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- смекчаяам verb (to placate or mollify)
Catalan
4 entries- atenuar verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- dissimular verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- encobrir verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- mitigar verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
Dutch
3 entries- afzwakken verb (obsolete: to lessen the severity of)
- vergoelijken verb (obsolete: to lessen the severity of)
- verzachten verb (obsolete: to lessen the severity of)
Finnish
3 entries- hyvitellä verb (to placate or mollify)
- lievittää verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- selitellä verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
French
4 entries- atténuer verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- pallier verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- remèdier à verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- soulager verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
German
2 entries- beschönigen verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- lindern verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
Polish
4 entries- obłaskawiać verb (to placate or mollify)
- obłaskawić verb (to placate or mollify)
- przykrywać verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- przykryć verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
Portuguese
2 entries- atenuar verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- remediar verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
Spanish
4 entries- cohonestar verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- disimular verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- encubrir verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- paliar verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
Swedish
4 entries- bagatellisera verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- förringa verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
- lindra verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- mildra verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
Turkish
4 entries- dindirmek verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- hafifletmek verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- yatıştırmak verb (to relieve the symptoms of)
- örtbas etmek verb (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)
Sample sentences
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And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London.
Source: wiktionary
April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard We extenuate not our guilt : whatever we sin , we condemn it as mortal : they palliate wickedness , with the fair pretence of veniality
Source: wiktionary
The young clergyman, after a few hours of privacy, was sensible that the disorder of his nerves had hurried him into an unseemly outbreak of temper, which there had been nothing in the physician's words to excuse or palliate.
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