Salvation is being saved from sin and its consequences. Seek salvation, the way to salvation, a matter of salvation.
It is a central term in Christian theology, and the arguments about how it is obtained — by faith, by works, by grace — are much of what divided the churches at the Reformation. Outside religion it means rescue from any disaster: the loan was their salvation. Note the Salvation Army, founded in 1865 as a Christian church organised on military lines, and salvage, which comes from the same root and means rescuing property.
1nounsalvationBeing saved from sin and its consequences.
“The whole book is an argument about how salvation is obtained.”
2nounrescueRescue from any serious trouble.
“The loan was their salvation and it took nine years to repay.”
salvation is a being saved.
Latin salvatio comes from salvare, to save, from salvus, safe and well. Salve, salvage, salute and safe all descend from the same root, and salvation is simply the state of being made safe.
Middle English
savacioun
English, today
salvation
From Middle English savacioun. From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native hǣlu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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