salvation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    redemption.
  2. noun a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
    • tourism was their economic salvation
    • they turned to individualism as their salvation
  3. noun the state of being saved or preserved from harm
  4. noun saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
    • the salvation of his party was the president's major concern

WordNet

Sal*va"tion noun
Etymology
OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.
Definitions
  1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
  2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
    To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton.
    Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 10.
  3. Saving power; that which saves.
    Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. Ex. xiv. 13.

Webster 1913