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1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
   - redemption
    
2. A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
   "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
    
3. The state of being saved or preserved from harm
    
4. Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
   "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"

Derived forms: salvations

See also: salve, salvific

Type of: agency, deliverance, delivery, means, rescue, safety, saving, way

Encyclopedia: Salvation Salvation, Texas