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Definition of salvation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

salvation

noun
 
/sælˈveɪʃn/
 
/sælˈveɪʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. a way of protecting somebody from danger, disaster, loss, etc.
    • Group therapy classes have been his salvation.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • individual
    • personal
    • universal
    • …
    verb + salvation
    • bring
    • offer
    • seek
    • …
    preposition
    • salvation  from
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  2. (in Christianity) the state of being saved from the power of evil
    • to pray for the salvation of the world
    • The medieval Church believed in salvation through faith and works.
    • salvation from sin
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • individual
    • personal
    • universal
    • …
    verb + salvation
    • bring
    • offer
    • seek
    • …
    preposition
    • salvation  from
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French salvacion, from ecclesiastical Latin salvation- (from salvare ‘to save’), translating Greek sōtēria.
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