palliation

A cloaking or concealment; a means of hiding or concealing.

The act of palliating or concealing the more flagrant circumstances of an offense, crime, etc.; a lessening or toning down of the enormity or gravity of a fault, offense, etc., by the urging of extenuating circumstances, or by favorable representations; extenuation.

Mitigation or alleviation, as of a disease.

Synonyms See palliate.

The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse.

Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.

The alleviation of a disease’s symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.

easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious