salvation

Meanings

Plural: salvations

Noun

• (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
• a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
  • "tourism was their economic salvation"
  • "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
• the state of being saved or preserved from harm
• saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
  • "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"
• The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
• The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
• 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.

Verb

• To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

Synonyms

redemption

Antonyms

damnation, perdition

Related Words

salvage, salvatic, salvational, salvationary, salvatory