palliative

adjective

1. serving to palliate.

noun

2. something that palliates.

adjective

1. serving to palliate; relieving without curing

noun

2. something that palliates, such as a sedative drug or agent

adj.early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus “under cloak, covert,” from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724. adj.

1. Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure.