- palliation - easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
--1 is a kind of easing, easement, alleviation, relief
Derived form: verb palliate2 - extenuation, mitigation, palliation - to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
--2 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Derived form: verb palliate1