lenitive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun remedy that eases pain and discomfort
  2. adjective satellite moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
    mitigative; mitigatory; alleviative; alleviatory; palliative.

WordNet

Len"i*tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. lénitif. See Lenient.
Definitions
  1. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
Len"i*tive noun
Etymology
Cf. F. lénitif.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913