salvation

noun

saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation

the state of being saved or preserved from harm

a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

Roots

salvussalv- · Latin · safe, unharmed

Synonyms for salvation

redemptionn deliverancen rescuen lifesavingn salvagev

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