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Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

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  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.
  3. n. A mild purgative; a laxative.
  4. n. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
  5. adj. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  6. n. remedy that eases pain and discomfort
  7. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient. 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.
  8. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain oracrimony; assuasive; emollient.
  9. n. remedy that eases pain and discomfort