The constitutional treatment aims at correction or palliation of the predisposing conditions, and the external applications have in view a removal of the sebaceous plugs and stimulation of the glands and skin to healthy action.
It is rebellious, and not much more than palliation can be effected in some cases, in others the outlook is more hopeful.
If the case comes under treatment in the first months of its development, the process may probably be checked or held in abeyance; when well established, rarely more than palliation is possible.
It was some palliation of his supposed poltroonery that he had stayed all day at the hotel, and that his adversary had not sent the challenge till after he was gone.
For the leader of the sanguinary expedition, of which it is an account, there is much to be said in palliation of what may be called his crimes.
There is a wide difference between these bonds, and those of the Planters' Bank, for the repudiation of which, neither excuse nor palliation can be offered.
Now, in the original higher sensibility is found some palliation for the practice of opium-eating; in the greater temptation is a greater excuse.
And in this faculty of self-revelation is found some palliation for reporting the case to the world, which both Coleridge and his biographer have overlooked.
An apology, or rather a palliation of Buonaparte's usurpation, has been set up by himself and his more ardent admirers, and we are desirous of giving to it all the weight which it shall be found to deserve.
If either is true it is a just cause for public dissatisfaction with the administration of criminal justice, and some palliation for the frequent resorts to Lynch law by the Southern people.
Such considerations cannot excuse, but present some slight palliation for those acts of mob violence by which the people of the United States are so often disgraced.
Now, in the original higher sensibility is found some palliation for the practice of opium eating; in the greater temptation is a greater excuse.
In palliation of Cornelia's conduct, there is little or nothing to be adduced.
He may see palliation for our sins, which we ourselves had not taken into account.
But the mere fact that in most instances American publishers are ashamed to take advantage of the law, and that in other instances they do the handsome thing in order to secure "favours to come," is no palliation of the law.
If they have any objection to coercing Ulster, it is not on moral grounds, but because Ulster provides them with a plausible palliation for their guilt in denying freedom to a race of white men.
If any excuse may be offered for lawlessness, any palliation for acts committed without countenance of the law, that excuse and palliation may be pleaded for these men if for any.
With an astuteness of perception for the retention of friends, he had suavity of manner for the palliation of foes; with diligence and faithfulness winning a constituency that honored him with a seat in the United States Senate.
But with the exception of this error,--which may find considerable palliation in the deficient education of the man, the prevalent opinions of the day, and the peculiar animosity against Philip II.
It should also be observed in palliation of the liberties which she accused the admiral of allowing to himself, and the princess of enduring, that the period of Elizabeth's life to which these particulars relate was only her fourteenth year.
We cheerfully accede to them all of palliation which may be found in the provocations incident to the wretched system of apprenticeship.
On which side may palliation be pleaded, and which party may most reasonably claim an abatement of the rigors of law?
Whatever palliation for the past hoary custom, false theology, and narrow prejudice may furnish, it is certainly time now to remedy those evils, and reduce to practice our favorite theory of government.
This, perhaps, is offered as a sort of palliation for the disabilities which she suffers in other respects.
He had presented himself only on a plea of guilty to the charge, without even the palliation of forgetfulness.
With the American coast left behind, Saxon's journey through the Caribbean, even with the palliation of the trade-winds, was insufferably hot.
Not such was the motive with which I begged this audience; but merely a desire, before I tear myself away, to open to you my heart, without palliation or reserve.
Where, then, I would ask, is the warrant, the justification, or the palliation of American Slavery from Hebrew servitude?
The slave's willingness to be a slave is no palliation of the slaveholder's guilt.
The slave's willingness to be a slave is no palliation of his master's guilt in holding him.
But what then can I plead for a palliation to myself of my mother's sufferings on my account?
I feel there is much to be said in palliation of errors which have their origin in high and generous qualities.
This can admit of no justification or palliation whatever.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "palliation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
