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
What the replies would allege in self-justification or palliation was anybody's guess, and guess everybody did.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was some palliation of his supposed poltroonery that he had stayed all day at the hotel, and that his adversary had not sent the challenge till after he was gone.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
Vocabulary lists containing palliation
Pride and Prejudice
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Novel Study: Pride and Prejudice, Parts 2–3
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Nicholas Nickleby
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