- (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
- (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement or pain; a palliative.
- (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
- (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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