ANTIDOTE


Meaning of ANTIDOTE in English

n.1 a medicine etc. taken or given to counteract poison.

2 anything that counteracts something unpleasant or evil.

Derivatives:

antidotal adj.

Etymology: F antidote or L antidotum f. Gk antidoton neut. of antidotos given against (as ANTI- + stem of didonai give)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.