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Definition of Lenitive
1. Adjective. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
Similar to: Moderating
Derivative terms: Alleviate, Alleviate, Mitigate, Mitigate, Mitigate, Mitigate, Palliate, Palliative
2. Noun. Remedy that eases pain and discomfort.
Definition of Lenitive
1. a. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
2. n. A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
Definition of Lenitive
1. Adjective. Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Mild; gentle. ¹
3. Noun. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lenitive
1. a soothing medicine [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lenitive
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenitive
Literary usage of Lenitive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"In Habitual Constipation, in the Constipation of Pregnancy, and in the Puerperal
State, senna, particularly in the form of the confection (the old lenitive ..."