[sal-vey-shuh
n] 
| 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. |
| sal·va·tion (sāl-vā'shən) n.
[Middle English savacioun, from Old French sauvacion, from Late Latin salvātiō, salvātiōn-, from salvātus, past participle of salvāre, to save; see salvage.] sal·va'tion·al adj. |
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.
In Christianity, union or friendship with God and deliverance from original sin and damnation. Jesus promised salvation to his followers.
Salvation
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.)