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English
Etymology
From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.
Adjective
salvable (comparative more salvable, superlative most salvable)
- (now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery.
- (obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
salvable souls
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
References
Middle English
Adjective
salvable
- Alternative form of savable
Spanish
Adjective
salvable m or f (masculine and feminine plural salvables)
- savable
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