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Meaning of 'lenitive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lenitive [ a.]
- Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
2 . Lenitive [ n.]
- A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
- A mild purgative; a laxative.
- That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.

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