I get the word of the day from Dictionary.com (cause I'm a nerd) so I figure, I can post 'em on my lil' site so others (not that anyone reads this) can gain a hearty vocabulary.
Today's word of the day is:
palliate \PAL-ee-ayt\, transitive verb:
1. To reduce in violence (said of diseases, etc.); to lessen
or abate.
2. To cover by excuses and apologies; to extenuate.
3. To reduce in severity; to make less intense.
Use it in a sentence you say? Very well:
He was widely praised in both East and West as a
humanitarian seeking to palliate the excesses of a cruel
regime.