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sal·vo1

[sal-voh] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -vos, -voes.

1.	a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.

2.	a round of fire given as a salute.

3.	a round of cheers or applause.

[Origin: 1585–95; earlier salva < It ≪ L salvé salve³

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sal·vo2

[sal-voh] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -vos. Archaic.

1.	an excuse or quibbling evasion.

2.	something to save a person's reputation or soothe a person's feelings.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L salvō, abl. of salvus safe, found in legal phrases

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sal·vo¹ (sāl'vō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sal·vos or sal·voes

1. A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
2. The simultaneous release of a rack of bombs from an aircraft.
3. The projectiles or bombs thus released.
4. A sudden outburst, as of cheers or praise.
5. A forceful verbal or written assault.
Something resembling a release or discharge of bombs or firearms, as:
1. A sudden outburst, as of cheers or praise.
2. A forceful verbal or written assault.

[Italian salva, from French salve, from Latin salvē, hail, imperative of salvēre, to be in good health, from salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

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sal·vo² (sāl'vō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sal·vos

A mental provision or reservation.
Law A saving clause.
An expedient for protecting one's reputation or for soothing one's conscience.

[Latin salvō (as in Medieval Latin salvō iūre, saving the right), ablative of salvus, safe; see safe.]

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salvo

1719, alteration of salva (1591) "simultaneous discharge of guns," from It. salva "salue, volley" (cf. Fr. salve, from It.), from L. salve "hail!," lit. "be in good health!," the usual Roman greeting, regarded as imperative of salvere "to be in good health," but prop. voc. of salvus "healthy" (see safe (adj.)). The notion is of important visitors greeted with a volley of gunfire into the air.

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salvo
noun
1.	an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
2.	rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade]
3.	a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval"

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Salvo

Sal"vo\, n.; pl. Salvos. [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.] An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike.

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Salvo

Sal"vo\, n. [F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe.]

1. (Mil.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.

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