An″ti‐dote (ăn″tĭ‐dōt), n. [L. antidotum, Gr. αντἴδοτον (sc. φάρμακον), fr. αντἴδοτοσ given against; αντἴ against + διδόναι to give: cf. F. antidote. See Dose, n.] 1. 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.
2. Whatever tends to prevent mischievous effects, or to counteract evil which something else might produce.