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   antidote

   /ˈantɪdəʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison: "there is no known antidote to the poison of the pufferfish" Similar antitoxinantiserumcureremedyneutralizerneutralizing agentcounteragentrare:mithridateantiveninantivenenetheriac
   • ▪ something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation: "laughter is a good antidote to stress" Similar remedycurecorrectivenostrumcountermeasurecounteragentsolution

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin, from Greek antidoton, neuter of antidotos ‘given against’, from anti- ‘against’ + didonai ‘give’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. antidotal adjective

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