of Palliate
Source: Webster's dictionaryLegislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies. John Dewey
There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur so many immediate evils are. Samuel Johnson