palliate (v.)

• abate
• allay
• alleviate
• alter
• anesthetize
• appease
• assuage
• attemper
• benumb
• blunt
• camouflage
• chasten
• circumscribe
• cloak
• color
• conceal
• condition
• condone
• constrain
• control
• cushion
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• diminish
• disguise
• dissemble
• downplay
• dull
• ease
• excuse
• extenuate
• foment
• hedge
• ignore
• lay
• leaven
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limit
• lull
• mask
• mince
• mitigate
• moderate
• modify
• modulate
• mollify
• narrow
• numb
• obtund
• pad
• poultice
• prettify
• qualify
• reduce
• relieve
• restrain
• restrict
• salve
• season
• slacken
• slake
• smother
• sober
• soft-pedal
• soften
• soothe
• stifle
• subdue
• sugarcoat
• suppress
• tame
• temper
• underplay
• varnish
• veneer
• weaken
• white
• whiten
• whitewash