Synonyms of salving

salving 1 of 2

noun

as in soothing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soothing
• calming
• mitigation
• decrease
• assuagement
• mollification
• moderation
• alleviation
• appeasement
• diminishment
• relief
• ease
• comfort
• release

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discomfort
• suffering
• unrest
• misery
• anguish
• torture
• agony
• torment
• pain
• sting
• ache
• pang
• twinge
• stitch
• prick
• tingle
• throe
• smart

salving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of salve

as in calming

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 & Similar Words

• soothing
• calming
• composing
• lulling
• appeasing
• quieting
• relaxing
• tranquilizing
• stilling
• settling
• tranquillizing
• relieving
• quietening
• quelling
• mollifying
• placating
• becalming
• pacifying
• alleviating
• mitigating
• lullabying
• assuaging
• conciliating
• hushing
• allaying
• solacing
• easing
• laying
• sedating
• narcotizing
• stupefying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agitating
• perturbing
• upsetting
• disturbing
• disquieting
• vexing
• keying (up)
• intensifying
• aggravating
• heightening
• discomposing
• rousing
• inciting
• arousing
• fomenting
• exciting
• stirring (up)
• working up