Definition of salvation Salvation

/sælvejˈʃʌn/ - [satlveyshun] - sal•va•tion

We found 13 definitions of salvation from 6 different sources.

What does salvation mean?

Noun Plural: salvations
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"
salvation - a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
salvation - the state of being saved or preserved from harm
salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
		redemption
		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"
		theology, divinity the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
		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, rebirth, conversion the revival of learning and culture

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

salvation (n.)
The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
salvation (n.)
The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
salvation (n.)
Saving power; that which saves.

salvation
sal-vā′shun, n. act of saving: means of preservation from any serious evil: (theol.) the saving of man from the power and penalty of sin, the conferring of eternal happiness: (B.) deliverance from enemies.—v.t. to heal, to cure: to remedy: to redeem: to gloss over.—ns. Salvā′tionism; Salvā′tionist.—Salvation Army, an organisation for the revival of evangelical religion amongst the masses, founded by William Booth about 1865, reorganised on the model of a military force in 1878; Salvation Sally, a girl belonging to the Salvation Army