palliative
adjectiveEasing the effects or severity of a problem without necessarily removing its cause.
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Clear all filtersEasing the effects or severity of a problem without necessarily removing its cause.
A model, pattern, or framework used to understand or approach something.
A meaningful similarity or correspondence between separate things.
More important than anything else in a particular situation.
To become aware of something through the senses or to understand it in a particular way.
The process of noticing or understanding something, or the resulting view or interpretation.
Awareness or interpretation
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To spread throughout something or pass through its openings.
To relate to or concern something, usually in the phrase pertain to.
Crucially important to the development or outcome of something.
Crucially important
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To cause something to happen suddenly or sooner than expected.
To prevent something or rule out its possibility.
Something that comes before another thing and signals or contributes to its development.
A person or thing that came before another in the same role or position.
To make someone or something more likely to respond or develop in a particular way.
An existing tendency or inclination toward something.
The act of protecting something valued from damage, loss, or decay.
A false appearance, claim, or show of something.
A strong or habitual inclination, often toward something viewed unfavorably.
Showing disrespect for something sacred, or using offensive and irreverent language.
Disrespectful of the sacred
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An abundance or lavish supply of something.
To make something last longer.
Likely to experience something or behave in a particular way.
Corresponding appropriately in size, amount, or degree to something else.
Corresponding in degree
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Claimed or alleged to be something, without confirmation.
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