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salvation

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sal⋅va⋅tion

[sal-vey-shuhn]
–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; ME salvatio(u)n < LL salvātiōn- (s. of salvātiō), equiv. to salvāt(us) (ptp. of salvāre to save 1 ; see -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion; r. ME sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion < OF sauvacion < LL, as above


sal⋅va⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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sal·va·tion   (sāl-vā'shən)   
n.  
    1. Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.

    2. A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance.

    3. Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.

    4. The agent or means that brings about such deliverance.

  1. Christianity

    1. Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.

    2. The agent or means that brings about such deliverance.


[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.
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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.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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