salve

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I presume the ceo uses her billions to salve her conscience.

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Quick take

semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

Meaning at a glance

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noun

semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

noun

anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"

verb

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for salve.

noun

semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

See also: ointment, unction, unguent, balm

noun

anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"

verb

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

verb

apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

Example sentences

I presume the ceo uses her billions to salve her conscience.

I sometimes view reading HN as a salve against cynicism.

Some of those people are lawyers who are trying to salve their consciences by showing that no, they didn't go into Law just for the money.

Which is exactly what microsoft is going to salve here: users demand iPads, no matter what it is they actually need.

To extend your metaphor, we literally have nothing in the way of antibiotics and stitches to salve this wound.

In a commercial environment you can salve their disappointment at being stuck with the boring old projects somewhat with cash and perks.

So if like me you have lots of notebooks but they tend to occasionally be "tied away", collating all that in one place could really salve that pain point.

There are plenty of quacks out there who claim to cure cancer using things like "black salve," which regularly causes permanent disfigurement and sometimes death.

For that depression that is environmental, and caused by factors like stress, isolation and boredom, the internet would be a welcome salve.

Attendance-based grading is the salve a mediocre instructor applies to keep up the appearance that they're creating value for the university.

His point is he's sick of the inherent drum-beating that BitCoin is the salve to the financial issues present in the gold backed/regulated traditional economy because it's just as broken, if not potentially more so.