palliation

noun

Definition of palliationnext
1
as in relief

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2
as in extenuation

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palliation
  1. relief
  2. assistance
  3. atonement
  4. support
  5. furtherance
  6. confession
  7. succor
  8. acknowledgment
Noun
  • One Israeli official suggested that Netanyahu could look to end Israel’s offensive in Gaza early in Trump’s term as a way of handing the Republican a quick diplomatic victory amid relief over Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.
    Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of relief
Noun
  • Nichushkin cleared the protocols of Stage 3 of the NHL player assistance program, ending his six-month suspension.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Tuesday's deadline was set by Washington for Israel to meet a host of requirements aimed at boosting aid into Gaza or face restrictions on U.S. military assistance, as required under U.S. law.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of assistance
Noun
  • In place of the original’s portrait of political awakening, the sequel follows an artist (Milena Smit) who’s checked herself into the Pit as a form of personal atonement.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Perhaps Netanyahu’s most disquieting elision in his U.N. speech, in this season of atonement, is that Moses’s admonition to choose blessings over curses was aimed specifically at the Children of Israel.
    Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of atonement
Noun
  • The need led to mostly universal – if often reluctant – support for the tax measure among city leaders, and outspoken support from fire and police departments.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.
    NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of support
Noun
  • In the indictment, this Aug. 2019 post was described as an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • They are also being charged with use, carry and discharge of firearms and machine gun, and possession of such firearms, in furtherance of a crime of violence, resulting in death.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of furtherance
Noun
  • Eddie going to confession, on the other hand, is on point.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In these clear-eyed and visceral confessions, Ito the journalist dissolves and Ito the person comes into better view.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of confession
Noun
  • The first is the attitude that in times of disaster, beauty is a form of succor.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 July 2024
  • But those in the teetotaling crowd still looking to partake in Power Hour might find some succor in the rise of another high-end bar trend: the nonalcoholic cocktail list.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of succor
Noun
  • Israel distributed videos of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military chiefs coordinating from a defense ministry bunker, a rare acknowledgment of an attack on the Islamic Republic and an expansion of what has been until now mostly a shadow war.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
  • As part of her investigation, Haaland put together a list of recommendations, the first of which is to issue a formal acknowledgment and apology from the U.S. government.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of acknowledgment
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