Meanings (ES + gloss)
atenuar • mitigar • paliar • remediar
To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for Lond…
cohonestar • disimular • encubrir • paliar
To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard We extenuate not our guilt : whatever we sin , we condemn it as mortal : they palliate wicked…
The young clergyman, after a few hours of privacy, was sensible that the disorder of his nerves had hurried him into an unseemly outbreak of temper, which there had been nothing in…
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