a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects: Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
verb (used with object),an·ti·dot·ed,an·ti·dot·ing.
to counteract with an antidote: Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.
Origin of antidote
1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin antidotum<Greek antídoton something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equivalent to anti-anti- + dotón neuter of dotós given, verbid of didónai to give; akin to datum
“It’s a viewer-safe antidote to all the vitriol and negativity,” Schiller said.
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The antidote would be some form of automatic voter registration, where everyone who turns 18 or becomes a naturalized citizen is automatically enrolled.
How to fix America’s voter registration system so more people can vote|Jen Kirby|October 6, 2020|Vox
All of the spores — the yeast’s gametes — get the poison, but only those that inherit certain gene versions also get an antidote.
This year’s SN 10 scientists aim to solve some of science’s biggest challenges|Science News Staff|September 30, 2020|Science News
The genes, known as wtf genes, produce both a poison and an antidote.
This year’s SN 10 scientists aim to solve some of science’s biggest challenges|Science News Staff|September 30, 2020|Science News
The platform’s debut comes nine years after CEO Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, proposed its creation in his book The Lean Startup as an antidote to the usual market pressures to pursue short-term results.
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I highly doubt that anyone not already in a state of despair would look to war as an antidote to Godlessness.
There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reformers understood that constructive societal evolution was the antidote to socialist revolution.
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“Accelerate this process,” said Royce, adding that the Free Syrian Army is the antidote to the ongoing expansion of ISIS in Syria.
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Qutb himself did not make the Caliphate central to his thought, but his disciples saw it as the only antidote to jahiliyyah.
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The antidote to both dangers—fireworks and drunk driving—is the same: tighter regulation.
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But for every poison of the enemy there's an antidote and we have found it.
With Our Soldiers in France|Sherwood Eddy
He takes an interest in you, and feels that the paragraph may not do you any harm in the way of antidote.
Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell
Not that they criticise you so much at the moment, particularly if you appear as an antidote to Dryasdust.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)|Harry Furniss
To make the antidote effective, I should say, increase the quantity of the dose; administer very frequently!
Solaris Farm|Milan C. Edson
A man who has been poisoned only need neglect the antidote and he will die.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World|Henry Drummond
British Dictionary definitions for antidote
antidote
/ (ˈæntɪˌdəʊt) /
noun
meda drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison
anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy
Derived forms of antidote
antidotal, adjective
Word Origin for antidote
C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give