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salvation

salvation

34 5.7
Help that saves someone from danger or a very bad situation
  • noun
  • /sælˈveɪʃən/
translation icon : salvación
  • Give us someone or something to be sympathetic to, give us some danger and give us some kind of salvation or resolution.
  • offer salvation
  • political salvation
  • national salvation

Let the vaccination be your salvation from your isolation.

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Examples

  • Let the vaccination be your salvation from your isolation.

  • The new policies were seen as a salvation for the struggling economy.

  • But you know, salvation would be moving forward.

  • And so with that said, it was that that actually was my salvation, my training.

  • Which may well mean the salvation of our own world.

  • But one day my salvation arrived, in the form of two famous customers.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The risks were great: we faced the loss of our salvation, communication itself.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Their trust and good humor were indeed a salvation on my return from New York University.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • This is our salvation.

  • Their words were quiet prayers, good-byes, and pleas for salvation from the forces that had turned against them.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

redemption
vssalvation
  • Specialized
119 7.4

Being saved from sin or evil by a saviour

is the general idea of protection from harm beyond religious context
deliverance
vssalvation
24 7.4

Being rescued from danger or harm

is the broader idea of being protected or kept safe over time

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

How Safe

salvation
34 5.7
safety
1.0
protection
974 1.0
risk
1.9
danger
1.0

Surface Forms

salvation singular
salvations plural

Morphology

salvation = save (transparent) = salv + ation

The meaning 'the act or means of being saved or protected' follows directly from 'save' + '-ation'.

Etymology

Salvation comes from the Latin salvare 'to save' and salvus 'safe', like the English words save and safe. So when a job or plan is called someone's salvation, it means their rescue from danger or a very bad situation.