What part of speech is palliative?

Palliative can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does palliative mean?

Definitions

Adjective

palliative - Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
palliative - Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the usually incurable disease.

Noun

palliative - remedy that alleviates pain without curing

Examples of palliative

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1. noun A gerontologist suggested that better palliative care facilities for patients who are nearing the end of their lives might be better than legalizing assisted suicide.
2. noun Living is a sickness that sleep relieves every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. Death is the cure.
Sentence  
noun
A gerontologist suggested that better palliative care facilities for patients who are nearing the end of their lives might be better than legalizing assisted suicide.
Living is a sickness that sleep relieves every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. Death is the cure.

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