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salvable

salvable adjective: salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.

Adjective

salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)

  1. Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
    • salvable souls
    • salvable Condition1681, Henry More, A Brief Discourse of the Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist

Forms of salvable

comparativemore salvable
superlativemost salvable

Origin of salvable

From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.

Words formed from salvable

Questions about salvable

What does salvable mean?
Salvable means salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
What part of speech is salvable?
Salvable is an adjective.

Words near salvable in the dictionary

  1. salutree
  2. salutrees
  3. Salva
  4. salva veritate
  5. salvability
  6. salvable
  7. salvableness
  8. salvably
  9. Salvacion
  10. Salvacion Poblacion
  11. Salvador

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