Definition of "antidote" []

• A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison. (noun)
• An agent that relieves or counteracts: jogging as an antidote to nervous tension. (noun)
• 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). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It describes his own winter walk in heavy snow and his encounter with a small bird, whose example provided him with what he called the antidote of fear."
• "In this sense, it could be called the antidote to terrorism."
• "Our foremost antidote is and has been – knowledge."