salve
1a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves.
to soothe with or as if with salve; assuage: to salve one's conscience.
Origin of salve
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Other definitions for salve (2 of 3)
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How to use salve in a sentence
Ethridge salved his conscience by resolving secretly that they should all be published in the back of the book.
Bizarre | Lawton MackallThe case of "U-C 5" will be remembered, as she was salved and taken up the Thames to be shown to the public.
The Story of Our Submarines | John Graham BowerFrenzied, I turned; one stroke of my stiletto, and my wounded honour was salved—with gore.
John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 | William Powell FrithWith the wrecking of her love for her husband it had been salved and safely anchored elsewhere.
The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell CullumTime being precious I salved my conscience about it as we drew up in Pervyse and decided to make tea.
Fanny Goes to War | Pat Beauchamp
British Dictionary definitions for salve (1 of 2)
/ (sælv, sɑːv) /
an ointment for wounds, sores, etc
anything that heals or soothes
to apply salve to (a wound, sore, etc)
to soothe, comfort, or appease
Origin of salve
1British Dictionary definitions for salve (2 of 2)
/ (sælv) /
a less common word for salvage
an archaic word for save 1 (def. 3)
Origin of salve
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