palliate

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palliate

lievittää, tyynnyttää, helpottaa, huojentaa, lieventää, kohentaa, parantaa, korjata, jalostaa, antaa anteeksi, oikeuttaa, rationaalistaa, rationalisoida, puolustella.

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aate, olympia-aate, osuustoiminta-aate, periaate, toimintaperiaate, yleisperiaate, määräämisperiaate, toimitusperiaate, julkisuusperiaate, kansallisuusperiaate...

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Englannin sanakirja

palliate (englanti > suomi)

1. lievittää

2. selitellä

3. hyvitellä

palliate englanniksi

1. puhekieltä cloaked Cloaked; hidden, concealed. (defdate)

(rfquotek)

2. puhekieltä Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

3. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. (defdate)

4. 2009, Boris Johnson, The Evening Standard, 15 Jan 09:

And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London.

5. puhekieltä To hide or disguise. (defdate)

6. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. (defdate)

7. puhekieltä To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. (defdate)

8. 1924, (w), (w), London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html

If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one?

9. To placate or mollify. (defdate)

10. 2007, "Looking towards a Brown future", The Guardian, 25 Jan 07:

Brown's options for the machinery of Whitehall are constrained, as for all prime ministers, by the need to palliate allies and hug enemies close (John Reid, say).

11. (inflection of)

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