LENITIVE Meaning of LENITIVE in English I . a. Soothing, assuasive, emollient, lenient, mitigative, balmy, sedative, demulcent. II . n. Palliative, emollient, lenient, opiate, anodyne, soothing medicine. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012