salvenoun
uk/sælv/us/sæv/old-fashioned[ C or U ] a liquid or cream used to treat an injured, sore, or dry place on your body
[ S ] something that makes you feel better about a difficult situation
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Medicines & drugs
- antacid
- antidepressant
- antiviral
- atropine
- barley water
- bromide
- calamine
- ciclosporin
- Epsom salts
- Gripe Water
- NSAID
- oestradiol
- oxycodone
- petroleum jelly
- prednisone
- propofol
- Prozac
- sleeping pill
- thalidomide
- Valium
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Solving and solutions
salveverb
uk/sælv/us/sæv/salve your conscience
to do something so that you feel less guilty:
He salves his conscience by giving money to charity.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- make sb/sth over
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- redeem
- relieve
- spice
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- tonic
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