1) Easing 
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Palliate
palliate, palliates, palliating 1. To reduce the severity of; to relieve slightly; mitigate. 2. To ease or reduce effect or intensity, especially of a disease; to allay temporarily, as pain, without curing. 3. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide; cloaked, covered, concealed; mitigated. 4. Cloaked; having its real nature concealed....