salvation

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).

   • Collective salvation is not possible without personal salvation, but the latter is achievable.
2. 2

   The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation

   The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.

   • Though this is not meant as a medical advice, smoking grass was an occasional salvation; it reduced the nausea, raised my spirits and even gave me a small appetite.
3. 3

   The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved

   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.

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   1. 4

      To save, in the religious sense

      To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

The neighborhood

• antonymdamnationantonym(s) of “in religion”
• antonymperditionantonym(s) of “in religion”
• neighborsalvage
• neighborsalvatic
• neighborsalvational
• neighborsalvationary
• neighborsalvatory