Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Palliative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Palliative; extenuating.
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- adjective
palliative ;extenuating
Etymologies
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palliate + -ory?
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Examples
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His conduct, however, admits of some palliatory considerations, that cannot be claimed for Louis.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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