PALLIATING Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

palliating

verb

present participle of palliate

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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as in alleviating

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

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Not that Miss Manners is excusing those who burst into dinner parties after the roast has been ruined — along with the other guests’ attitudes, most likely — and then blame it on traffic.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Part of that is the team’s fault, as Boone and Cashman have spent much of his career staunchly defending and excusing the former first-round pick’s poor play.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

Definition of excusing

Verb

Europe’s efforts are for now too modest, too regulated, too fragmented, and too focused on alleviating government restrictions rather than promoting commercial use to fundamentally change dependencies that have accumulated over decades.

— Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
In 2021, in hopes of alleviating economic pressures during the pandemic, Congress passed legislation eliminating premiums for people with the lowest incomes and reduced the cost for people with higher incomes.

— Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of alleviating

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Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was convicted of inciting violence and justifying murder.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
The second, less visible but arguably more consequential, is that the capability gap justifying dependence on closed frontier labs has nearly disappeared.

— Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of justifying

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The deployment of the giant carrier with nearly 100,000-ton displacement is aimed at relieving the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for over 250 days.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Beyond muscle-relieving massages, Sofitel Spa offers holistic facials and banana leaf wraps as well.

— DeMarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of relieving

Verb

Before explaining what the technology can do, understand what the customer is trying to accomplish.

— William Arruda, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
In the Situational Awareness fund move, Griffin sent investors a letter explaining Citadel’s stock actions with the AI company.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of explaining

Verb

The health care company could develop Keytuda co-formulations that would extend the tail of the brand-name drug's franchise, mitigating the impact of that patent expiration, according to the analyst.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
Later this year, eSafety will release a transparency report detailing how successful online gaming services like Roblox have been at mitigating harms to kids.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mitigating

Verb

Other extenuating circumstances beyond Goodman’s control also might be contributing to his reputation within the industry as a subpar defender.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 July 2026
But, generally, only one property can be claimed, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

— Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Definition of extenuating

Verb

The fewer than 200 attendees at last week’s semi-secret session in the museum’s intimate Clive Davis Theater had done a good job of helping keep the nature of the performance under wraps until now.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
As part of the effort, the Treasury Department designated nearly 60 individuals, entities, and vessels accused of helping Iran evade previously existing sanctions.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

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