1 Cora remained silent, for she knew not how to palliate this imprudent severity on the part of her father in a manner to suit the comprehension of an Indian.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperGet Context In CHAPTER 11 2 She could neither wonder nor condemn, but the belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 46 3 He was anxious, while vindicating himself, to say nothing unkind of the others: but there was only one amongst them whose conduct he could mention without some necessity of defence or palliation.
4 I have prescribed him centaury and St. John's wort, ordered him to eat carrots, given him soda; but all that's merely palliative measures; we want some more decided treatment.
Fathers and Children By Ivan TurgenevGet Context In CHAPTER XXI