名词

1. 安慰(良心);减轻(内疚感)
If you do something to salve your conscience, you do it in order to feel less guilty.

2. (治愈伤痛的)软膏，油膏，药膏
Salve is an oily substance that is put on sore skin or a wound to help it heal.

1. anything that remedies or heals or soothes

e.g. he needed a salve for his conscience

2. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

Synonym: ointmentunctionunguentbalm