Bible Dictionaries
Palliation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

(2):

(n.) That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.

(3):

(n.) The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Palliation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/palliation.html. 1828.