redemption, salvation
(noun) (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
salvation
(noun) saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; “the salvation of his party was the president’s major concern”
salvation
(noun) a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; “tourism was their economic salvation”; “they turned to individualism as their salvation”
salvation
(noun) the state of being saved or preserved from harm
Source: WordNet® 3.1
salvation (countable and uncountable, plural salvations)
(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
• (in religion): damnation
salvation (third-person singular simple present salvations, present participle salvationing, simple past and past participle salvationed)
(rare) To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.
• lavations
Source: Wiktionary
Sal*va"tion, n. Etym: [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]
1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness. To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 10.
3. Saving power; that which saves. Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. Ex. xiv. 13. Salvation Army, an organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being "General." They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
