The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
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Palliation
//pælɪˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "palliation" (45 found)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- облекчаване noun (palliation)
Finnish
1 entries- lievitys noun (palliation)
Polish
2 entries- uśmierzanie noun (palliation)
- łagodzenie noun (palliation)
Russian
1 entries- облегчение noun (palliation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- palijacija noun (palliation)
- palijativa noun (palliation)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Una nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.
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The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.
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