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View definitions for lenitive

lenitive

adjective as in emollient

adjective as in hypnotic

adjective as in sedative

noun as in emollient

noun as in liniment

noun as in lotion

noun as in ointment

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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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