lenitive

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In the first week of the war the London Times recommended, for blackout nights, a reperusal of such "lenitive" 19th Century giants as Trollope and Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

As these gradually yielded to the lenitive power of time, I sought his conversation for the positive pleasure it afforded, and at last it became the chief source of my happiness.

From A Voyage to the Moon by Tucker, George

Thomson's way of dealing with this cause of discontent did not dispose of it for ever, but it at least provided a lenitive.

From The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by MacMechan, Archibald

Yet see, Sir, the effect of that lenitive, though mixed with these bitter ingredients; and how this rugged people can express themselves on a measure of concession.

From James Otis, the pre-revolutionist by Ridpath, John Clark

When the piles are external, or can be reached, one or two applications of Goulard's extract, with an occasional dose of lenitive electuary, will generally succeed in curing them.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous