palliate

詳細解釋：

pal.li.ate

v.tr.（及物動詞）
pal.li.at.ed,pal.li.at.ing,pal.li.ates
To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
減輕，緩和：減輕痛苦，掩飾罪過；減輕
To make less severe or intense; mitigate:
掩飾：使不那么嚴重或緊張；緩和：
例句：
tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
不成功地盡力去減輕普遍的不滿

To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.
減輕：減輕疾病或小病的徵兆

來源：
Middle English palliaten
中古英文 palliaten
from Late Latin palli3re palli3t- [to cloak, palliate]
源自 後期拉丁語 palli3re palli3t- [包庇，減輕，掩飾]
from Latin pallium [cloak]
源自 拉丁語 pallium [包庇]

【引伸】
pal.lia.tion
n.（名詞）
pal.lia.tor
n.（名詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>palliate,extenuate,gloss,gloze,whitewashThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible.:
這些動詞所共有的中心意思是：.使錯誤或罪過看起來不那么嚴重和應受譴責.：
例句：
palliate a crime;
減輕罪過；

例句：
couldn`t extenuate the malfeasance;
不能掩飾罪過；

例句：
glossing over an unethical transaction;
掩飾不合理的交易；

例句：
glozing sins and iniquities;
掩飾罪過和罪惡；

例句：
whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve
掩飾政治糾紛中的官方衝突 參見同義詞 relieve