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salvation

[ sal-vey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
  2. the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
  3. a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
  4. Theology. deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption.


salvation

/ æˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of preserving or the state of being preserved from harm
  2. a person or thing that is the means of preserving from harm
  3. Christianity deliverance by redemption from the power of sin and from the penalties ensuing from it
  4. Christian Science the realization that Life, Truth, and Love are supreme and that they can destroy such illusions as sin, death, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

salvation

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  1. In Christianity , union or friendship with God and deliverance from original sin (see also original sin ) and damnation . Jesus promised salvation to his followers.

salvation

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  1. Being “saved” among Christians (see also Christian ); salvation is freedom from the effects of the Fall of Man . This freedom comes through faith in Jesus , who is called in the New Testament “the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.” The Apostles taught that those who experience salvation in their lifetime on Earth and continue in their friendship with God will inherit eternal happiness in heaven .
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپDzԲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·tDz· adjective
  • ԴDzȴ·tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salvation1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English salvatio(u)n, from Late Latin پō-, stem of پō “deliverance, saving,” from (ܲ) “saved” (past participle of “to save”; save 1 ) + -ion ( def ); replacing Middle English sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion, from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin, as above
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of salvation1

C13: from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin پō, from Latin ٳܲ saved, from to save 1
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While they have frequently suggested they were both less than "pure" in the past — narratives of redemption and salvation are central to Christian faith, after all — the details were left vague.

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Disillusion warns her that the road to salvation is to face the facts.

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Their message to the masses is simple: Don’t look to yourself or your community for salvation from our troubled times.

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It has drawn controversy even before Abe's assassination for teaching that marriage is central to spiritual salvation.

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Felix on Forest: As an Arsenal fan who spends all his time in Nottingham, it has been a bit of salvation for the disappointment of our season to see Forest flying the way they are.

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