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Definition of Palliating
1. palliate [v] - See also: palliate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palliating
Literary usage of Palliating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the by William Robertson (1809)
"... she gave men of discernment a striking proof of her address, in palliating
what she could not prevent; and amused the multitude, to whom the cession of ..."
2. Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of [European] History by Grace Reade Robinson, James Harvey Robinson (1899)
"the vexations become so evident that there is no way of palliating them, it
usually happens that the culpable persons insure their impunity ..."
3. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... more studious to perplex his adversaries than to convince thena, and more
intent on palliating error than on discovering truth. ..."
4. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"Possible palliating Circumstance. I HAD for some time contemplated prosecuting
my travels as far as the coasts of the Pacific Ocean, and, ..."
5. Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the by Hezekiah Niles (1876)
"WASHINGTON, palliating HIS TREASON. " ON HOARD THE Vi:i,TUEE,5е//. J5, 1780. "
Sir—The heart which is conscious of its own rectitude cannot attempt to ..."
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