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| sal·va·tion [ sal váysh'n ] |
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1. act of saving from harm: the saving of somebody or something from harm, destruction, difficulty, or failure
 The business was clearly beyond salvation.
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2. means of saving somebody or something: somebody or something that protects or delivers another from harm, destruction, difficulty, or failure
Those long walks were my salvation.
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3. christianity deliverance from sin through Jesus Christ: in the Christian religion, deliverance from sin or the consequences of sin through Jesus Christ's death on the cross
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4. Christian Science philosophy of life: in the Christian Science religion, belief in the supremacy of life, truth, and love, and in their destruction of such illusions as sin, illness, and death
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| [13th century. Via French< ecclesiastical Latin salvation-< late Latin salvare "save" (see salvage)] |
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| sal·va·tion·al adjective |
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