salvation

[sal-vey-shuh n] /sælˈveɪ ʃən/
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.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English salvatio(u)n < Late Latin salvātiōn- (stem of salvātiō), equivalent to salvāt(us) (past participle of salvāre to save1; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion < Old French sauvacion < Late Latin, as above
Related forms
salvational, adjective
nonsalvation, noun
Examples from the web for salvation
  • She never doubted she was the only means of their salvation.
  • The site's daunting inaccessibility may be its salvation.
  • It is believed that a dip in its waters cleanses all the sins and is the surest way to achieve salvation from the cycles of life.
  • It wants you to worry about sin and salvation, while it controls your mind and restricts your thoughts.
  • What a cowardly belief to wager gods existence and your own eternal salvation based upon mathematical reasoning.
  • Weight loss is usually presented as some kind of road to personal fulfillment and salvation through self-control.
  • We need not reform them, stigmatize them, or show them the path to salvation.
  • Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign.
  • The online, private, for-profit model is not the model for the salvation of higher education.
  • It is not a coping mechanism but rather the path to salvation.
British Dictionary definitions for salvation

salvation

/sælˈveɪʃən/
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
Derived Forms
salvational, adjective
Word Origin
C13: from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin salvātiō, from Latin salvātus saved, from salvāre to save1
Word Origin and History for salvation
n.

c.1200, originally in the Christian sense, "the saving of the soul," from Old French salvaciun and directly from Late Latin salvationem (nominative salvatio, a Church Latin translation of Greek soteria), noun of action from past participle stem of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In general (non-religious) sense, attested from late 14c. Meaning "source of salvation" is from late 14c. Salvation Army is from 1878, founded by the Rev. William Booth.

salvation in Culture

salvation definition


Being “saved” among Christians; 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.

salvation definition


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

salvation in the Bible

This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptians (Ex. 14:13), and of deliverance generally from evil or danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin wrought out by Jesus Christ, "the great salvation" (Heb. 2:3). (See REDEMPTION ØT0003084; REGENERATION.)