<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.</li><li>mildly laxative.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a lenitive medicine or application.</li><li>a mild laxative.</li><li>Archaic: anything that softens or soothes.</li></ul>