lenitive
adj 3noun 2
Definitions
adj
1
Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
2
Laxative; easing the bowels.
3
Mild; gentle.
noun
1
An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him.
Upon the whole, as the author seems to share all the common miseries of life, he appears to partake likewise of its lenitives and abatements.
2
A laxative.
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