[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palliative \pal"liative\, n.
   that which palliates; a palliative agent. --sir w. scott.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palliative \pal"liative\, a. cf. f. palliatif.
   serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or
   alleviate.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palliative
     adj : moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear syn:
           alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative,
            mitigatory
     n : remedy that alleviates pain without curing syn: alleviant,
          alleviator
see also:
alleviative alleviatory lenitive mitigative mitigatory alleviant 
alleviator 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

89 moby thesaurus words for "palliative":
   alleviating, alleviative, alleviator, allowance, altering,
   analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, apologetic, assuager, assuasive,
   balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative,
   cathartic, cleansing, color, cushion, deadening, decontamination,
   demulcent, dolorifuge, dulling, easing, emollient, excusatory,
   excusing, extenuating, extenuating circumstances, extenuation,
   extenuative, extenuatory, gilding, gloss, justificatory,
   justifying, lenitive, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigation,
   mitigative, mitigator, mitigatory, moderator, modificatory,
   modifying, modulator, modulatory, mollifier, numbing, pacificator,
   pacifier, pain-killing, palliation, peacemaker, purgative,
   qualification, qualificative, qualificatory, qualifying, refuting,
   rehabilitative, relieving, remedial, restraining hand, restricting,
   restrictive, salve, sedative, shock absorber, softening, soother,
   soothing, soothing syrup, stabilizer, subduing, temperer,
   tranquilizer, varnish, vindicative, vindicatory, whitewash,
   whitewashing, wiser head

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