palliation

noun

Definition of palliationnext
1
as in relief

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2
as in extenuation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliation
  1. relief
  2. extenuation
  3. assistance
  4. atonement
  5. support
  6. confession
  7. furtherance
  8. acknowledgment
Noun
  • Born and raised in Liberty City, Gunder has worked to aid Black communities with housing, provide hurricane relief, and assist low-income communities.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Cameron pitched seven scoreless innings in relief while allowing two hits, three walks and recording eight strikeouts.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Definition of relief
Noun
  • Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them.
    — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022
Definition of extenuation
Noun
  • The City Council, which is considering censuring the mayor, asked for assistance because the city’s Human Resources director wasn’t available at the time, according to Mayor Pro Tem Tara Graves.
    — Elijah Megginson, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
  • International assistance has historically played a major role in supporting outbreak surveillance, laboratory capacity, healthcare worker training and emergency response in countries facing limited resources.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of assistance
Noun
  • For starters, there is one urgent mission the pope must take on the road to atonement.
    — Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • But his atonement comes too late.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 June 2026
Definition of atonement
Noun
  • Faucette attributes her sleep triumph to family support and a new parental benefit offered by the city of Atlanta.
    — Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • Allen, who has been tracking the conflict, told CNN that drones are now used to monitor enemy movements, support ground operations, strike supply lines and attack infrastructure.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of support
Noun
  • Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • In July 2024, Lowe spoke with PEOPLE and revealed that his son Samuel had recently made a confession that filled his dad with dread.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of confession
Noun
  • Heredia-Chang pleaded guilty in November to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess more than 50 grams of meth and one count of possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • And what the court concluded is that when Congress enacted those provisions, that Congress was imagining a corporation undertaking these steps in furtherance of some sort of business purpose.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of furtherance
Noun
  • The county and deputies involved signed an acknowledgement of the lawsuit on July 9, giving them 60 days to file an answer or motion.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • In her acknowledgments, Jacobsen pauses to remind her readers that her tale’s painstaking realism is just a literary device.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of acknowledgment
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