Antidote
English Meaning
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison, or of anything noxious taken into the stomach; -- used with against, for, or to; as, an antidote against, for, or to, poison.
- A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison.
- An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension.
- To relieve or counteract with an antidote: "Hallie's family life is laced with the poison of self-hatred, a poison that Sam has antidoted with love and understanding" ( Christopher Swan).