1
as in relief
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Relevance
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2
as in extenuation
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliation
Noun
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Being a wedding guest is hard work, but has always left me with a profound sense of relief.—
Bobby Finger
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026 -
Get on-demand temperature relief -- anytime, anywhere.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Ecumenical Hunger Program did administer a Family Sustainability Program that was started during COVID that provided financial assistance to families in need in our community.—
Sooji Nam,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Families that have been priced out of the market are able to use Habitat’s below-market interest rate loans and down payment assistance.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
Noun
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For starters, there is one urgent mission the pope must take on the road to atonement.—
Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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But his atonement comes too late.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The aircraft, a long-haul B-52 Stratofortress, crashed after taking off on a test mission in support of a radar modernization program, the military base previously said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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And Operations Manager David Temple adds that guests find support, security, and stability.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Sakahara later told his son he’d been beaten and kicked and only buckled after officers began to direct the threats at people around him, said Koji, who had confronted his father about his confession.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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But the judges said Thursday there was no evidence of torture and that investigators did not appear to have coerced the confessions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The jury instructions state that the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a conspiracy existed to which the defendant knowingly belonged and that the acts were committed in furtherance of that conspiracy during the defendant’s membership in it.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The plan is in furtherance of Mamdani's pledge to create universal childcare for New York City parents.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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To me, that spoke to this acknowledgement of the reality of the circumstances.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The credits, in which only three men’s names are listed alongside a handful of acknowledgments, elicited laughter throughout the theater.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
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“Palliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palliation. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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