palliate /palˈi-āt/

1. To soften by pleading something in favour
2. To mitigate
3. To alleviate
4. To excuse, extenuate
5. To cloak (obsolete)
6. To disguise (obsolete)

palliāˈtion noun

The act of palliating

pallˈiative /-ə-tiv/ adjective

1. Serving to extenuate
2. Mitigating
3. Alleviating

Something which lessens pain, etc, or gives temporary relief

pallˈiatory adjective

palliative care noun

Treatment of the terminally ill

pallium /palˈi-əm/

1. A large, square mantle, worn in ancient Rome in imitation of the Greek himation
2. A white woollen vestment like a double Y, embroidered with crosses, worn by the Pope, and conferred by him upon archbishops
3. The mantle in molluscs, brachiopods, and birds (zoology)

pallˈial adjective (zoology)

pallˈiament noun (Shakespeare)

A Roman consular candidate's robe

pallˈiate adjective

Having a pallium

• undoomed
• undouble
• undoubled
• undoubles
• undoubling
• undoubtable
• undoubted
• undoubtedly
• undoubtful
• undoubting
• undoubtingly
• UNDP
• undrainable
• undrained
• undramatic
• undraped
• undraw
• undrawing
• undrawn
• undraws
• undreaded
• undreading
• undreamed
• undreaming
• undreamt