Unction
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a religious or ceremonial anointing a salve or ointment a balm or something that soothes a smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess
Salve
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An ointment, cream or balm with soothing, healing or calming effects.Any thing or action that soothes or heals.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To calm or assuage.To salvage.An astronomical term meaning to save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse