English Online Dictionary. What means salvation? What does salvation mean?
English
Alternative forms
- salvatioun (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sælˈveɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
salvation (countable and uncountable, plural salvations)
- (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
- (often with allusion to the previous sense) The act of saving, rescuing (in any context), providing needed safety or liberation; something that does this.
- 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.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “in religion”): damnation, perdition
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Translations
Verb
salvation (third-person singular simple present salvations, present participle salvationing, simple past and past participle salvationed)
- (rare) To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.
Anagrams
- lavations
Middle English
Noun
salvation
- Alternative form of savacioun