Hyphenation of palliative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word palliative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pal-lia-tive

Definitions of palliative:

1.	Remedy that alleviates pain without curing
2.	Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Synonyms of palliative:

adj	alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, moderating
noun	alleviant, alleviator, remedy, curative, cure

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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