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salvation

salvation

145 7.9
Being saved from sin and its punishment in a religion
  • noun
  • /sælˈveɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : salvación
  • The viewer is reminded that salvation awaits all who work peacefully together, no matter their trade.
  • salvation by faith
  • salvation through Christ
  • God's salvation

Avoiding flesh, but salvation means casting off the flesh.

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Examples

  • We are the bearers of this salvation.

  • Your son will suddenly see the illness of his ways and come here seeking for salvation.

  • And our salvation is real and family is real.

  • But ultimately your peace and your salvation and all of it just starts within yourself.

  • Well, to you I owe not only my own salvation, but also that of all these men of mine.

  • What the church has always taught, the church teaches that there is no salvation outside of Jesus Christ, right?

  • The instrument of our salvation!

  • The only salvation that is possible for you is the blood of the Lamb...

  • But for Dante to reach benevolent salvation, he must first find his way through Hell.

  • Many people believe that true salvation comes through faith in a higher power.

Synonyms

redemption
vssalvation
  • Specialized
119 7.4

Being saved from sin or evil by a saviour

is about becoming free from sin and its consequences in a religious sense

Antonyms

damnation
  • Literature
38 9.4

Being punished forever after death for sins

Compounds

A Christian charity that helps poor and homeless people and shares its faith

Surface Forms

salvation singular
salvations plural

Morphology

salvation = save (transparent) = salv + ation

The noun is readily interpreted as 'the act or state of saving', a clear nominalization of the verb 'save' using the productive English/Latin-derived suffix '-ation'.

Etymology

Salvation comes from the Latin salvare 'to save' and salvus 'safe', the same root behind the English words save and safe. In religion it means being saved from sin or spiritual danger, so the origin helps explain its meaning as a religious rescue.