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noun

Lenitive n.

(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.

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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Etymology of 'Lenitive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lenitive" Quotes from Famous Books

... victim of the wisdom of Solomon was boarded with the parish minister, in whose kindness he found a lenitive for the scholastic discipline he underwent. This gentleman had been a soldier in the Colonial service, and Mr. Quincy afterwards gave as a reason for his mildness, that, "while a sergeant at Castle William, he had seen something of mankind." This, no doubt, ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 • Various

... at this time (but without hearing her) is so heavily a culprit before Parliament: I will select their proceedings even under circumstances of no small irritation. For, a little imprudently, I must say, Governor Bernard mixed in the administration of the lenitive of the repeal no small acrimony arising from matters of a separate nature. Yet see, Sir, the effect of that lenitive, though mixed with these bitter ingredients,—and how this rugged people can express themselves ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. II. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Lenitive" : moderating, cure, remedy, therapeutic, mitigative, alleviative, curative, palliative