• (a.) Palliative; extenuating.
Pal'li·a·to·ry adjective Palliative; extenuating. 
palliation, palliatory 1. The cloaking or concealing (of an act, etc.); that which serves to conceal or hide; a cloak, covering. 2. The action of disguising or seeking to make less conspicuous, the enormity of (a crime, etc.) by excuses and apologies; extenuation; excuse. 3. The alleviation of the symptoms and incidents of disease without curing it...palliatory Characterized by palliation; having the function or effect of palliating.