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palliative

[pal-ee-ey-tiv, -ee-uh-tiv] / ˈpæl iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪv /






NOUN
alleviation
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Antonyms
STRONG




NOUN
mitigating circumstances
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NOUN
saving grace
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Beyond a certain age—75 or 80—spending should be on palliative care, he says, rather than costly interventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate a 42-bed nursing facility in New York that gives free palliative care to poor people with cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Producer Robin Hiley, whose wife is a palliative care doctor, acknowledged that the failure of antibiotics might seem an unconventional subject for musical theatre.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

She said had the bill passed, "many vulnerable people might have seen an assisted death as their only realistic option" and said the church would continue to advocate for more palliative care funding.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“He’ll have to take steroids to reduce the swelling in his brain and anti­seizure medications. And I’d recommend palliative radiation. Do you know what that means?”

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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