01 a. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
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Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Lenitive
02 n. A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
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A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.(Med.)
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That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.“There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep.” — Sterne.