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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

For my own part, in expectation of that fatal period when moderation and indulgence should take place, I instantly quitted a country where severity was not softened by any lenitive, and embarked for Spain.

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

In obstinate cases, three drams of carbon may be taken two or three times a day, mixed with three ounces of lenitive electuary, and two drams of carbonate of soda, as circumstances may require.

The young victim of the wisdom of Solomon was boarded with the parish minister, in whose kindness he found a lenitive for the scholastic discipline he underwent.

And in the hospital of the mind, the lenitive and fostering measures have a still larger share in the work of a moral restoration.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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