noun a mild purgative; a laxative.
2. lenitive ·adj having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
3. lenitive ·noun that which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
4. lenitive ·noun a medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.