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

noun. 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.

noun. Mitigation or alleviation, as of a disease.

noun. Synonyms See palliate.

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

noun. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

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

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

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

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

""I am glad to hear you say so," said Cap. "Miss Black, please hear this in palliation – I would not presume to say in defense – of my conduct: I was driven to frenzy by a passion of contending love and jealousy as violent and maddening as it was unreal and transient."

alleviation  decrease  diminution  easement  easing  

abatement  acquittance  aggravation  alleviation  befriend  

disguise  excuse  extenuation  mitigation