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• n  semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
• n  anything that remedies or heals or soothes
  he needed a salve for his conscience
• v  save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• v  apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

• He knew he would spend the debate flanked by nine candidates waiting to rip into the Senate compromise bill he helped write, which calls for a salve of legalization, border .
• The salve's working, drawing out the cancer.
• For Feinstein, the curbside program allows her to salve her green conscience without the ickiness that came from composting her own used tea bags.

• ointment
• unction
• unguent
• balm
• salvage
• relieve
• save

News & Articles

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• Holliston's Carries earns Salve Regina master's
  Gabrielle Elyse Carries of Holliston earned a master's in business administration in management during Salve Regina's 63rd commencement last month.
  June 12, 2013 - Holliston Tab

Quotes

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• Dwight Eisenhower in AFP
  I had earlier supported the idea that Sharad Pawar, as BCCI president, should not interfere in selection matters. I would revise my decision now and recall how once NKP Salve, as then BCCI president, had intervened and influenced the selectors to... Sandeep Patil http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandeep_Patil&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGnSjFpIsztNH1QPJkPVXPMZKuO9g Hindu http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200710291724.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGPVMK_bskGh_28e9VvXlpYiPMWag Oct 29, 2007 85690 114399 salve Eisenhower described Obama as a man who can salve our national wounds and both inspire and pursue genuine bipartisan cooperation."
• Jerry Wainwright in Chicago Daily Herald
  The best balm or salve was the game-winner,Wainwright said, referring to Burns' decisive basket with 6 seconds left against Northwestern.