salvation

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//sælˈveɪ.ʃn̩//

The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).

noun

1
The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
Collective salvation is not possible without personal salvation, but the latter is achievable.
2
The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
Though this is not meant as a medical advice, smoking grass was an occasional salvation; it reduced the nausea, raised my spirits and even gave me a small appetite.
3
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin salvātiō Old French salvacionbor. Middle English savacioun English salvation From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.

verb

1
rareTo save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

Forms

plural: salvations
past tense: salvationed
past participle: salvationed
present participle: salvationing
third person singular: salvations

Salvador · A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese.salvage · The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo…Salvage · A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

salvation · The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).

Salvatore · A male given name from Italian.sam · To assemble.Sam · A diminutive of the male given names Samuel or Samson.

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