Salving means soothing or comforting someone's feelings or emotions.
Salving has a caring and gentle feeling. It usually means making someone feel better.
Examples:
She is salving her friend's hurt feelings.
He is salving the baby's crying.
We are salving their worries.
The puppy is salving my sadness.
The kind words are salving my heart.
The warm soup is salving my sickness.