salving

/S AE1 L V IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To calm or assuage.

  2. 2

    To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.

  3. 3

    To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.

  4. 4

    To salvage.

verb
  1. 1

    To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).

  2. 2

    To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).

  3. 3

    To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

verb
  1. 1

    To say โ€œsalveโ€ to; to greet; to salute.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salve, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salving