<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a medicine that relieves or allays pain.</li><li>anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>relieving pain: a book detailing the anodyne properties of certain plants.</li><li>soothing to the mind or feelings: the anodyne effects of a month's vacation.</li><li>weakened and made bland, as to avoid harm or controversy: anodyne explanations that shelter children from the brutal truth.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>