SALVATION

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Antonyms

• (in religion): damnation

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• lavations

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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