Word Meaning

Meaning of lenitive

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