1. (v.) To make a crime seem less serious; to mitigate; to relieve symptoms; to ease without curing; as, to palliate a disease\.

2. (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

3. (v. t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.

4. (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.

5. (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate.

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