Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAL-LI-A'TION
PAL-LI-A'TION, n.
- The act of palliating; concealment of the most flagrant circumstances of an offense; extenuation by favorable representation; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices or crimes.
- Mitigation; alleviation; abatement; as of a disease.
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