palliative

²palliative

noun

Definition of PALLIATIVE

: something that palliates

Examples of PALLIATIVE

1. The disease has no cure, but a number of palliatives exist.
2. Travel is like a palliative against depression for him.
3. symbolic palliatives for inner-city troubles

First Known Use of PALLIATIVE

1724

Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with PALLIATIVE

carminative, contemplative, copulative, legislative, nominative, operative