lenitive

adjective

1. softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
2. mildly laxative.

noun

3. a lenitive medicine or application.
4. a mild laxative.
5. Archaic. anything that softens or soothes.

adjective

1. soothing or alleviating pain or distress

noun

2. obsolete a lenitive drug

adj.early 15c., from Medieval Latin lenitivus, from Latin lenitus, past participle of lenire “to soften” (see lenient). As a noun, from early 15c. adj.

1. Capable of easing pain or discomfort.

n.

1. A lenitive medicine.