| salvation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. |
| ~ deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery | recovery or preservation from loss or danger.; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" |
| ~ remission of sin, absolution, remittal, remission | the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. |
| ~ spiritual rebirth, conversion, rebirth | a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life. |
| ~ atonement, expiation, propitiation | the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity). |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| n. (act) | 2. salvation | a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness.; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation" |
| ~ means, way, agency | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved.; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
| n. (state) | 3. salvation | the state of being saved or preserved from harm. |
| ~ safety | the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions.; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk" |
| n. (act) | 4. salvation | saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" |
| ~ deliverance, rescue, saving, delivery | recovery or preservation from loss or danger.; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" |
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