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lenitive
[ len-i-tiv ]
/ ˈlɛn ɪ tɪv /
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adjective
softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
mildly laxative.
noun
a lenitive medicine or application.
a mild laxative.
Archaic. anything that softens or soothes.
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Origin of lenitive
OTHER WORDS FROM lenitive
len·i·tive·ly, adverblen·i·tive·ness, nounWords nearby lenitive
Leninsk-Kuznetski, lenis, lenite, lenitic, lenition, lenitive, lenity, Lenni Lenape, Lennon, Lennox, Lenny
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How to use lenitive in a sentence
And in the hospital of the mind, the lenitive and fostering measures have a still larger share in the work of a moral restoration.
Playing is sometimes an excellent lenitive to calm the mind, and to smother the ardent fire of love.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de SeingaltNot in a state of lenitive pain, sanative, and in some degree encouraging, but in a condition of incipient mortification.
Perlycross|R. D. Blackmore
British Dictionary definitions for lenitive
lenitive
/ (ˈlɛnɪtɪv) /
adjective
soothing or alleviating pain or distress
noun
obsolete a lenitive drug
Word Origin for lenitive
C16: from Medieval Latin lēnītīvus, from Latin lēnīre to soothe
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