salvo
3salvo
noun plural salvos
Definition of SALVO
1
: a mental reservation : proviso
2
: a means of safeguarding one's name or honor or allaying one's conscience : salve
Origin of SALVO
Medieval Latin salvo jure with the right reserved
First Known Use: 1621
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