salvable

adj — 2 senses

salvable

adj

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

1

Business, Forestry 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:
Derived terms
unsalvable
Related terms
salvableness, salvably

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