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salvation

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FromMiddle Englishsavacioun, fromOld Frenchsavaciun,salvaciun, fromLatinsalvātiō. Displaced nativeOld Englishhǣlu.

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salvation (countable anduncountable,pluralsalvations)

  1. (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
    Collectivesalvation is not possible without personal salvation, but the latter is achievable.
  2. (often with allusion to the previous sense) The act of saving,rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
    • 1981 December 5, Tom Wilson, “Hepatitis”, inGay Community News, volume 9, number20, page14:
      Though this is not meant as a medical advice, smoking grass was an occasionalsalvation; 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.
    • 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, inModern Railways, page291:
      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, [...].

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the process of being saved (religion)

Verb

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salvation (third-person singular simple presentsalvations,present participlesalvationing,simple past and past participlesalvationed)

  1. (rare) Tosave, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

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Noun

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salvation

  1. Alternative form ofsavacioun
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