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  • 61Improvement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Improvement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 improvement improvement Sgm: N 1 amelioration amelioration melioration Sgm: N 1 betterment betterment Sgm: N 1 mend mend amendment emendation Sgm: N 1 mending …

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  • 62Remedy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Remedy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 remedy remedy help redress Sgm: N 1 anthelmintic anthelmintic Sgm: N 1 antidote antidote antifebrile antipoison counterpoison antitoxin antispasmodic …

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  • 63palliative — (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. palliatif (14c.), from M.L. palliatus (see PALLIATE (Cf. palliate)). As a noun, recorded from 1724 …

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  • 64excuse — vb Excuse, condone, pardon, forgive, remit are comparable when meaning not to exact punishment or redress for (an offense) or from (an offender). In polite use excuse, pardon, and forgive usually suggest a hope that one is not annoyed. Both… …

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  • 65palliation — noun 1. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑palliate • Hypernyms: ↑easing, ↑easement, ↑alleviation, ↑relief 2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious …

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  • 66pal|li|ate — «PAL ee ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to lessen without curing; mitigate: »to palliate a disease. SYNONYM(S): ease. 2. to make appear less serious; …

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  • 67Alleviate — Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others join capable… …

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  • 68Alleviated — Alleviate Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others… …

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  • 69Alleviating — Alleviate Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others… …

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  • 70Blanch — Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blanching}.] [OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See {Blank}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has… …

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