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salvation
[ sal-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
- a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
- Theology. deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption.
salvation
/ sælˈveɪʃən /
noun
- the act of preserving or the state of being preserved from harm
- a person or thing that is the means of preserving from harm
- Christianity deliverance by redemption from the power of sin and from the penalties ensuing from it
- Christian Science the realization that Life, Truth, and Love are supreme and that they can destroy such illusions as sin, death, etc
salvation
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
2- 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
- salˈvational, adjective
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- sal·vation·al adjective
- nonsal·vation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salvation1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English salvatio(u)n, from Late Latin salvātiōn-, stem of salvātiō “deliverance, saving,” from salvāt(us) “saved” (past participle of salvāre “to save”; save 1 ) + -iō -ion ( def ); replacing Middle English sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion, from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salvation1
C13: from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin salvātiō, from Latin salvātus saved, from salvāre to save 1
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