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salve

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of salve

to free from distress or disturbance

attempting to salve her conscience, she anonymously sent the store a sum of cash sufficient to cover the merchandise she had shoplifted

Synonyms of salve

becalm, calm, compose, lull, lullaby, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], settle, soothe, still, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

Words Related to salve

appease, conciliate, hush, mollify, pacify, placate

allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lay, mitigate, quell, relax, relieve, solace

narcotize, sedate, stupefy

Near Antonyms of salve

aggravate, heighten, intensify

arouse, excite, foment, incite, rouse, stir (up), work up

Antonyms of salve

agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, key (up), perturb, upset, vex

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