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 save1; see -ate1) + -iōn--ion; r. ME sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion < OF sauvacion < LL, as above
Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.
A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance.
Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.
The agent or means that brings about such deliverance.
Christianity
Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.
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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