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Lenitive

Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

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Moderating 84% connected

of Moderate

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Moderating 84% connected

of Moderate

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Broader term 4

Curative 76% connected

Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cure 76% connected

Care, heed, or attention.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remedy 76% connected

That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Therapeutic 76% connected

Alt. of Therapeutical

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Alleviative 92% connected

Tending to alleviate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Alleviatory 92% connected

Alleviative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mitigative 92% connected

Tending to mitigate; alleviating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mitigatory 92% connected

Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Palliative 92% connected

Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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