palliating

verb

Definition of palliatingnext
present participle of palliate
1
as in excusing
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies

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2
as in alleviating
to make more bearable or less severe this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliating
  1. alleviating
  2. justifying
  3. relieving
  4. explaining
  5. mitigating
  6. soothing
  7. easing
Verb
  • In this regard, open-sourcing code was seen as the first step to alleviating this bottleneck, followed by efforts to make data and reasoning processes transparent.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Start saving early Love’s advice for parents who do want to spend some extra money on their kids during the holidays while alleviating the financial strain is to plan ahead.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleviating
Verb
  • The spiral notebook also includes to-do lists of tasks to be completed in the lead up to the slay, as well as musings justifying his plans, CNN reported.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But in a statement released Sunday, President Biden said both prosecutions were excessive and politically motivated, justifying a pardon.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of justifying
Verb
  • The unique grid design promotes better posture while relieving tension on your spine and glutes.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • So, for any serious athlete, the Pro Plus is a great choice for relieving deep muscle aches and knots.
    Cai Cramer, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of relieving
Verb
  • This analysis of an innovative AI advancement is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • For instance, the standard cosmological model falls short of explaining the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of explaining
Verb
  • Organizations realize that integrating robust security and governance measures into their data strategies is critical to mitigating risks and ensuring compliance.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Intentional growth is critical to mitigating this risk.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of mitigating
Verb
  • When your shopping is done, the Oriental Spa at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel, Hong Kong, offers soothing therapies and signature treatments such as the Intelligent Movement Treatment, involving trigger-point release work and deep-muscle manipulation.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Specially formulated for sensitive lips, the lip ointment contains nourishing vitamins, shea butter and soothing chamomile essence to seal in moisture and helps prevent dryness.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of soothing
Verb
  • In the fall of 2020, with pandemic restrictions easing, Ball and Posen met for coffee back in New York.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Could easing data protection laws make financial services more accessible and competitive?
    Gregory Francis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of easing
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