salve

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
2. 2
   Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.

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.
5. 5
   To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
6. 6
   To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
7. 7
   To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
8. 8
   To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.

Interjection

1. 1
   Hail; a greeting.