palliation

The word “palliation” has 4 syllables: pal-li-a-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌpæliˈeɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for palliation?

In the thesaurus, “palliation” has 102 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for palliation along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palliation

  • abatement
  • abetment
  • acknowledgement
  • acknowledgment
  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • alibi
  • allayment
  • alleviation
  • amelioration
  • apology
  • appeasement
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • atonement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • balm
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • boost
  • break
  • breather
  • care
  • charity
  • cheer
  • color
  • comfort
  • comforting
  • confession
  • consolation
  • contentment
  • cop-out
  • counsel
  • cure
  • defense
  • deliverance
  • diversion
  • ease
  • easement
  • encouragement
  • excuse
  • extenuation
  • extrication
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • fix
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • guise
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • happiness
  • help
  • helping hand
  • justification
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • letup
  • lift
  • lightening
  • maintenance
  • mentoring
  • mitigation
  • mollification
  • nurturance
  • out
  • palliative
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • plea
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretext
  • promotion
  • quick fix
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reason
  • refreshment
  • release
  • relief
  • remission
  • reprieve
  • respite
  • rest
  • restfulness
  • satisfaction
  • service
  • softening
  • solace
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support
  • sustenance
  • vindication
  • whitewash

Antonyms for palliation

  • aggravation
  • annoyance
  • check
  • constraint
  • continuation
  • depression
  • deterrence
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • dissatisfaction
  • frustration
  • gloom
  • harm
  • hindrance
  • hurt
  • inhibition
  • injury
  • interference
  • irritation
  • misery
  • obstruction
  • repression
  • restraint
  • sadness
  • stop
  • unhappiness

Example Sentences

  • The hospital offers palliation to terminally ill patients to improve their quality of life.
  • The primary goal of hospice care is palliation rather than curative treatment.
  • The medication provides palliation of symptoms associated with the disease.
  • Their efforts focus on the palliation of poverty through various social programs.
  • Palliation of environmental degradation requires collective action and policy reforms.

On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palliation, such as: abatement, abetment, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, advancement, advice, aggravation.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

hand-holdings

  • abetments
  • advancements
  • advice
  • aids
  • assistances
  • assists
  • assuagements
  • attendances
  • attentions
  • backings
  • benefactions
  • beneficences
  • boosts
  • care
  • charities
  • counsel
  • facilitations
  • favors
  • furtherances
  • hands
  • help
  • helping hands
  • legs up
  • lifts
  • nurturances
  • palliations
  • patronages
  • philanthropies
  • promotions
  • reliefs
  • services
  • sponsorships
  • succors
  • supports

backing

  • abetment
  • abetting
  • accompaniment
  • adherence
  • adopting
  • advancement
  • advancing
  • advice
  • advising
  • advocacy
  • advocating
  • aegis
  • affirming
  • aid
  • aiding
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assisting
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attending
  • attention
  • auspice
  • auspices
  • avouching
  • backstopping
  • bailing out
  • bankrolling
  • bearing a hand
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benefiting
  • benefitting
  • bolstering
  • boost
  • boosting
  • buttressing
  • care
  • championing
  • championship
  • charity
  • comforting
  • confirming
  • corroborating
  • counsel
  • counseling
  • counselling
  • delivering
  • easing
  • egis
  • emboldening
  • embracing
  • encouragement
  • encouraging
  • endorsement
  • endorsing
  • endowment
  • espousing
  • establishing
  • facilitating
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • favoring
  • financing
  • forwarding
  • fosterage
  • fostering
  • funding
  • funds
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • going in for
  • going to bat for
  • grant
  • guidance
  • guiding
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • heartening
  • help
  • helping
  • helping hand
  • holding a brief for
  • indorsing
  • kindness
  • launching
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • nurturing
  • obliging
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • patronizing
  • philanthropy
  • plugging
  • preaching
  • profiting
  • promoting
  • promotion
  • proving
  • reenforcing
  • reinforcement
  • reinforcing
  • relief
  • rescuing
  • sanction
  • saving
  • seconding
  • secondment
  • service
  • serving
  • sponsoring
  • sponsorship
  • standing one in good stead
  • standing up for
  • sticking up for
  • subsidy
  • substantiating
  • succor
  • succoring
  • support
  • supporting
  • sustaining
  • talking up
  • validating
  • verifying

abetments

  • advancements
  • advice
  • aids
  • assistances
  • assists
  • assuagements
  • attendances
  • attentions
  • backings
  • benefactions
  • beneficences
  • boosts
  • care
  • charities
  • counsel
  • encouragements
  • facilitations
  • favors
  • furtherances
  • guidance
  • hand-holdings
  • hands
  • help
  • helping hands
  • legs up
  • lifts
  • nurturances
  • palliations
  • patronages
  • philanthropies
  • promotions
  • reliefs
  • services
  • sponsorships
  • succors
  • supports

backings

  • abetments
  • advancements
  • advice
  • aegises
  • aids
  • assistances
  • assists
  • assuagements
  • attendances
  • attentions
  • auspices
  • benefactions
  • beneficences
  • boosts
  • care
  • charities
  • counsel
  • egises
  • encouragements
  • endowments
  • facilitations
  • favors
  • financings
  • fosterages
  • furtherances
  • guidance
  • hand-holdings
  • hands
  • help
  • helping hands
  • legs up
  • lifts
  • nurturances
  • palliations
  • patronages
  • philanthropies
  • promotions
  • reliefs
  • services
  • sponsorships
  • subsidies
  • succors
  • supports

abetment

  • advancement
  • advice
  • aid
  • assist
  • assistance
  • assuagement
  • attendance
  • attention
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • boost
  • care
  • charity
  • counsel
  • encouragement
  • endorsement
  • facilitation
  • favor
  • forwarding
  • furtherance
  • furthering
  • guidance
  • hand
  • hand-holding
  • help
  • helping hand
  • kindness
  • leg up
  • lift
  • mentoring
  • nurturance
  • palliation
  • patronage
  • philanthropy
  • promotion
  • relief
  • service
  • sponsorship
  • succor
  • support

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