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lenitive (en)

(adjective) alleviating pain or harshness; soothing

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Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
by Annette Lavers, Richard Howard, Roland Barthes

Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
by Annette Lavers, Richard Howard, Roland Barthes

Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
by Annette Lavers, Richard Howard, Roland Barthes


lulled by the lenitive compunction proper to Protestant worship

—p.110 Billy Graham at the Vel' d'Hiv' (109) by Roland Barthes
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