palliations

noun

plural of palliation
1
as in legs up

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as in extenuations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliations
  1. legs up
  2. confessions
  3. helping hands
  4. supports
  5. hands
  6. reliefs
  7. assists
  8. aids
Noun
  • On slide four of her carousel, Pink included a cute photo of Jameson posing with his arms and one of his legs up.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 23 July 2026
  • His hand gripped the side bar of an umbrella stroller that had a toddler kicking her legs up, dressed in daisy-print overalls.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Definition of legs up
Noun
  • His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Ward notes that Jen’s online confessions haven’t exclusively supported a potential alienation of affection case.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of confessions
Noun
  • Costume makers sat at their respective tables concentrated on their finishing touches, while young helping hands dashed in and out of the room bringing items to other departments.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
  • Few, though, have the social media reach to enlist such powerful helping hands.
    — NPR, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of helping hands
Noun
  • Transportation issues, costs of services and a lack of care options make accessing information on dementia, caregiving and specialized supports for memory care particularly difficult for rural communities.
    — Eric Cerino, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The local nonprofit supports families affected by homicide and violent crime.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of supports
Noun
  • On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Those workers understand what a white-collar reader mostly does not, which is that the moment your knowledge leaves your hands is the moment your leverage leaves with it.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • The sculptor Berthold Nebel left his mark across Manhattan, from the sea nymphs in the ceilings of the old Cunard Building at the foot of Broadway to the limestone reliefs at the Hispanic Society up on 155th Street.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026
  • At Angkor Wat, Gordon and one of his investigators did a side-by-side comparison of the reliefs covering the temple walls to the jewelry in Douglas Latchford's book for Anderson Cooper and the 60 Minutes team.
    — Will Croxton, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Definition of reliefs
Noun
  • The Wings were also led by Ogunbowale, who led the team with five assists, and Shepard who both scored in double figures, each scoring 15, in the win.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
  • NaLyssa Smith scored 18 points, and Chelsea Gray had 17 points and six assists for Las Vegas (21-9).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of assists
Noun
  • These invisible aids help prevent wheelspin and a driver’s loss of control.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
  • Charged has offered a fair bit of electronic aids on board, starting with ABS, traction control, hill hold (hill start assist), and hill descent assist.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 July 2026
Definition of aids
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