- extenuate, palliate, mitigate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
--1 is one way to apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun palliation2
Something ----s something
- relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun palliation1
Something ----s something