(sal′vō) noun plural ·vos or ·voes
1. A simultaneous discharge of artillery, or of two or more bombs from an aircraft.
2. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer; hence, any salute or simultaneous discharge: salvos of applause, a salvo of rockets.
3. The concentrated fire of many pieces, as in a naval engagement.
4. A successive and specified number of discharges of guns, from right to left, or left to right, at prescribed intervals. [Orig. salva <Ital., a salute <L salve SALVE³]

(sal′vō) noun plural ·vos
1. A saving clause; proviso.
2. An evasion, reservation, or bad excuse.
3. An expedient. [<L salvo (jure) (right) being reserved, ablative of salvus uninjured, safe]