salvation
/sælˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
salvation noun: the process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
Noun
salvation (countable and uncountable, plural salvations)
- 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.
- 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.1981 December 5, Tom Wilson, “Hepatitis”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 14
- 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.
- If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291
Verb
salvation (third-person singular simple present salvations, present participle salvationing, simple past and past participle salvationed)
- To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.
salvation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
salvation in Hindi
- the process of being saved (religion)
- मुक्ति mukti
salvation in Tamil
- the process of being saved (religion)
- முத்தி mutti
salvation in Marathi
- the process of being saved (religion)
- मुक्ती muktī
salvation in Urdu
- the process of being saved (religion)
- مغفرت maġfirat, نجات najāt, مکتی muktī
More languagesFewer languages
- salvation in Bengali
- নাজাত najat
- salvation in Telugu
- ముక్తి mukti
- salvation in Malayalam
- മോക്ഷം mōkṣaṁ, സായുജ്യം sāyujyaṁ, സായൂജ്യം sāyūjyaṁ, നിര്യാണം niryāṇaṁ
- salvation in Kannada
- ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ biḍugaḍe, ವಿಮುಕ್ತಿ vimukti, ವಿಮೋಚನೆ vimōcane
- salvation in Odia
- ରକ୍ଷା rakṣā, ଭଗ bhaga
- salvation in Arabic
- خَلَاص ḵalāṣ, تَطْهِير اَلنَّفْس taṭhīr an-nafs
- salvation in Malay
- takhlisan, penyelamatan
- salvation in Indonesian
- keselamatan, penyelamatan
- salvation in Persian
- رستگاری rastgâri, نجات nejât
- salvation in Thai
- ความรอด kwaam-rɔ̂ɔt
- salvation in Vietnamese
- sự cứu rỗi
- Dzongkha
- ཐར་པ
Examples of salvation in a sentence
- False christs will offer false hope and provide no salvation.
- I wasn’t sure about their value, but how could you put a price tag on salvation?
- In this context, one could conceivably hold onto the theology that baptism is essential for salvation.
Antonyms of salvation
Forms of salvation
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | salvations |
| alternative form | salvatioun |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | salvations |
| present participle | salvationing |
| past participle | salvationed |
| past | salvationed |
Origin of salvation
From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.
Words formed from salvation
Phrases with salvation
Words that rhyme with salvation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about salvation
- What does salvation mean?
- Salvation means the process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
- What is salvation in Hindi?
- Salvation in Hindi is मुक्ति (mukti). See Salvation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is salvation?
- Salvation can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce salvation?
- Salvation is pronounced /sælˈveɪ.ʃn̩/.
- What is the plural of salvation?
- The plural of salvation is salvations.
Words near salvation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: salvation (page history and authors); നിര്യാണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ଭଗ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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