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SALVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Synonyms:
redemption; salvation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("salvation" is a kind of...):
deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salvation"):
absolution; remission; remission of sin; remittal (the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance)
conversion; rebirth; spiritual 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))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
Example:
the salvation of his party was the president's major concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("salvation" is a kind of...):
deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)
Derivation:
salve (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
Example:
they turned to individualism as their salvation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("salvation" is a kind of...):
agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of being saved or preserved from harm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("salvation" is a kind of...):
safety (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)
Context examples:
In this manner, not only shall my own eternal salvation be secured, but thine also, for I shall never cease to intercede for thee.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You may say what you will to me, he said between his clenched teeth—it may be no better than I deserve; but, brother or no, I swear by my hopes of salvation that I will break your arm if you do not leave hold of the maid.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
