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salvation

Pronunciation: /salˈveɪʃ(ə)n/

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Definition of salvation

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss:they try to sell it to us as economic salvation
  • (one's salvation) a source or means of being saved from harm, ruin, or loss:his only salvation was to outfly the enemy
  • 2 Theology deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ: the Christian gospel of salvation for all mankind

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French salvacion, from ecclesiastical Latin salvation- (from salvare 'to save'), translating Greek sōtēria

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