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1. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
   - ointment, unction, unguent, balm
    
2. Anything that remedies or heals or soothes
   "he needed a salve for his conscience"

1. Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
   - salvage, relieve, save
    
2. Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

Derived forms: salves, salving, salved

See also: salvage, salvation

Type of: curative, cure, deliver, medicate, medicine, redress, remediation, remedy, rescue, therapeutic

Encyclopedia: Salve Salve, Italy Salve, Oh Patria