Sekirov Dictionary

lenitive

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 3

adjective3

Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
Laxative; easing the bowels.
Mild; gentle.

noun2

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An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
- It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him. — 1688
A laxative.

forms

lenitives · more lenitive · most lenitive

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