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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sal•va•tion /sælˈveɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the act of saving, or the state of being saved:the company's salvation from bankruptcy.
- a cause or means of being saved:That loan was my salvation; with it I bought back the company and rebuilt it.
- Religion[Theol.]deliverance from the power of sin;
redemption.
See -salv-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sal•va•tion (sal vā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
- the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
- a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
- Religion[Theol.]deliverance from the power and penalty of sin;
redemption.
- Late Latin, as above
- Old French sauvacion
- Late Latin salvātiōn- (stem of salvātiō), equivalent. to salvāt(us) (past participle of salvāre to save1; see -ate1) + -iōn- -ion; replacing Middle English sa(u)vaciun, sauvacion
- Middle English salvatio(u)n 1175–1225
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