salvable

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)

  1. (now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
    • 1681, Henry More, A Brief Discourse of the Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Christ in the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist
      salvable Condition
    salvable souls

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Middle English

Adjective

salvable

  1. Alternative form of savable

Spanish

Adjective

salvable m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvables)

  1. savable

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