PALLIATIVE


Meaning of PALLIATIVE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Promises of reform are mere palliatives.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I am not referring to adhoc arrangements or short-term palliatives.

It was the primary purpose of reorganisation to recast local government in a way which would make such palliatives unnecessary.

Official moves to alleviate the worst conditions were little more than palliatives.

There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives, as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution.

These very palliatives, however, had also removed the stimulants to technical progress.

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