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verb (palliat, ing)
  1. To lessen the severity of; to extenuate.
  2. To cause to seem less serious.
  3. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  4. To cover by excuses and apologies.
Etymology: From palliare "to cover with a cloak", from pallium "cloak"

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