palliation

Example Sentences

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But the world has always brimmed with bad songs, and worse poems, that are born of authentic pain; sincerity of feeling, in art, guarantees nothing but the passing palliation of the feeler.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2015

The Earth as we now know it resembles a patient whose terminal cancer we can choose to treat either with disfiguring aggression or with palliation and sympathy.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015

More than four in 10 Americans now meet their end in hospice care, drawn by its promise of palliation and pain alleviation instead of extreme measures in their waning days.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 22, 2011

On no occasion has there been any suggestion of cure, but a good many patients have had very satisfactory palliation .

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a tone in all the narratives which is at variance with any palliation of the crime.

From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.