1. (verb)extenuate, palliate, mitigate lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of Synonyms: relieve, assuage, palliate, mitigate, alleviate, extenuate
1. palliate Cloak, from the French, and palliate, from the Latin, are the same in original signification, but have diverged in meaning; a cloak may be used to hide completely the person or some object ca Synonyms: palliate, apologize for, conceal, extenuate, hide, screen, cloak, cover, gloss over, mitigate, veil