lenitive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lenitive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lenitive adj moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear Synonym(s): alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative n remedy that eases pain and discomfort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenitive \Len"itive\, n. [Cf. F. l[82]nitif.] 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. --Sterne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lenitive \Len"i*tive\ (-t[icr]v), a. [Cf. F. l[82]nitif. See {Lenient}.] Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.