Palliation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease.

II. Palliation ·noun That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised.

III. Palliation ·noun The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.