1. (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

2. (n.) A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.

3. (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.

4. (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.

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