salve
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(verb) apply a salve to |
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Related Words: medicate, medicine |
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2. |
(noun) anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience" |
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Related Words: redress, remediation, remedy |
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3. |
(verb) save from ruin or destruction |
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Synonyms: relieve, salvage, save |
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Related Words: deliver, rescue |
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4. |
(noun) used for healing or soothing |
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Synonyms: balm, ointment, unguent |
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Related Words: arnica, baby oil, balsam, carron oil, cerate, chrism, chrisom, curative, cure, holy oil, lanolin, lip balm, mentholated salve, mercurial ointment, mineral jelly, petrolatum, petroleum jelly, remedy, sacramental oil, wool fat, zinc ointment |
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