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lenitive
adjective as in emollient
adjective as in hypnotic
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adjective as in mild
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adjective as in sedative
adjective as in softening
noun as in emollient
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noun as in lotion
noun as in narcotic
Example Sentences
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.
Not in a state of lenitive pain, sanative, and in some degree encouraging, but in a condition of incipient mortification.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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