palliative, n.All

A Palliative (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what life demands, because life is too hard: deflections to make light of misery, substitutes to diminish it, intoxicants to numb it.