moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
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Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate.
Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott.
But the result need not be just a short-term palliative.
At best, it is argued, such a source of revenue is a palliative which saves the government from bringing in orthodox tax measures, such as income or sales taxes. Certainly the Treasury should do well out of it.
Our experience with THA as a palliative drug has been outstanding at 200 mg/day taken during the patient's 12 waking hours.