palliative
adjective
1. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Similar word(s): moderating, alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory
noun
1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing
Similar word(s): alleviant, alleviator
Definition categories: man–made, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic
Sentences with palliative as a noun:
- The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.