Usually means: Relief of symptoms, not cure.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. palliation: Merriam-Webster
  2. palliation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palliation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. palliation: Vocabulary.com
  5. palliation: Wordnik
  6. palliation: Wiktionary
  7. Palliation, palliation: Dictionary.com
  8. Palliation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Palliation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. palliation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. palliation: Rhymezone
  12. Palliation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. palliation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. palliation: FreeDictionary.org
  15. palliation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Palliation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palliation: Legal dictionary

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. palliation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Palliation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. palliation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  5. palliation: Medical dictionary
  6. Palliation: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (palliation)

noun:  The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
noun:  Extenuation; mitigation.

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