palliate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

pal·li·ate (pălʹē-āt')tr.v. pal·li·at·ed, pal·li·at·ing, pal·li·ates
1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
2. To make less severe or intense; mitigate:
tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
3. To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder. [Middle English palliaten, from Late Latin palliāre, palliāt-, to cloak, palliate, from Latin pallium, cloak.] pal'li·aʹtion n.palʹli·a'tor n. 
Synonyms: palliate, extenuate, gloss¹, gloze, whitewash
These verbs mean to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible: palliate a crime; couldn't extenuate the malfeasance; glossing over an unethical transaction; glozing sins and iniquities; whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also synonyms at relieve

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relieve, alleviate, assuage, extenuate, mitigate