SALVING

verb

1. To calm or assuage.
2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
3. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.

verb

1. To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
2. To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
3. To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

verb

1. To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.