Palliation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pælɪˈeɪʃən/Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

Old (and modern) French, from late Latin palliare ‘cover’, from pallium.

Full definition of palliation

Noun

1. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
• 1922, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 5, The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
• 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the WickedUna nox dormienda means that one final night that has to be slept through after a few score years of pain and its palliations, of pleasure and disgust after pleasure.