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What is the adjective for palliatives?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb palliate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

palliative
  1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  2. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In the past, treatment consisted of palliative therapy with pain relievers and folic acid supplements.”
palliate
  1. (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed. [15th-17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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