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Lenitive   Listen
noun
Lenitive  n.  
1.
(Med.)
(a)
A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
(b)
A mild purgative; a laxative.
2.
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."





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Words linked to "Lenitive" :   cure, remedy, alleviatory, curative, mitigatory, alleviative, mitigative, moderating


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