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salvation

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /sælˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE0 L V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, religion

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, often, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redemption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving

Narrower terms: absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin, conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth, expiation, atonement, propitiation

6

noun

Meaning 6

saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the salvation of his party was the president's major concern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving

7

noun

Meaning 7

a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tourism was their economic salvation
  • they turned to individualism as their salvation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: means, agency, way

8

noun

Meaning 8

the state of being saved or preserved from harm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: safety

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh2- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h2-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin salvātiō Old French salvacionbor. Middle English savacioun English salvation From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: redding — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Afrikaans: verlossing — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Albanian: shpëtim — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Arabic: خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Arabic: تَطْهِير اَلنَّفْس (taṭhīr an-nafs) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Armenian: փրկություն (pʻrkutʻyun) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Asturian: salvación — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Azerbaijani: qurtuluş — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Azerbaijani: qurtarış — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Azerbaijani: nicat — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Azerbaijani: xilas — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Belarusian: ратава́нне (ratavánnje) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Belarusian: рату́нак (ratúnak) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Belarusian: выратава́нне (vyratavánnje) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Bengali: নাজাত (najat) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Bulgarian: спасе́ние (spasénie) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Catalan: salvació — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Cherokee: ᎥᏓᏗᏍᏕᎸᏗ (vdadisdelvdi) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 救恩 (gau3 jan1) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese Cantonese: 救贖 /救赎 (gau3 suk6) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese: 救恩 (kiù-un) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese: 救贖 /救赎 (zh-min-nan) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救恩 (jiù'ēn) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救贖 /救赎 (jiùshú) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Czech: spása — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Danish: frelse — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Dutch: verlossing — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Dzongkha: ཐར་པ — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Estonian: pääste — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Faroese: frelsa — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Finnish: pelastus — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Finnish: pelastaminen — the process of being saved (religion)
  • French: salut — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Galician: salvación — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Georgian: ხსნა (xsna) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • German: Erlösung — the process of being saved (religion)
  • German: Rettung — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (naseins) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Greek: σωτηρία (sotiría) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Greek: λύτρωση (lýtrosi) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ancient Greek: σωτηρία (sōtēría) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Hawaiian: ola — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Hebrew: גאולה (g'ulá) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Hebrew: יְשַׁעֲ — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Hindi: मुक्ति (mukti) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Hungarian: megváltás — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ido: salvo — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ido: salveso — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Indonesian: keselamatan — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Indonesian: penyelamatan — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Irish: slánú — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Istriot: salvissa — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Italian: salvezza — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Japanese: 救済 (kyūsai) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Japanese: 救い (sukui) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Kashubian: zbawienié — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Kazakh: құтқару (qūtqaru) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Kazakh: құтылыс (qūtylys) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Khmer: ការសង្គ្រោះ (kaa sɑngkrʊəh) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Korean: 구원 (guwon) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Kyrgyz: куткаруу (kutkaruu) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Lao: ຄວາມພົ້ນ (khuām phon) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Latin: salus — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Latin: conservatio — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Latvian: glābšana — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Lithuanian: išgelbėjimas — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Lutuv: khuona — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Macedonian: спасе́ние (spasénie) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Macedonian: избавле́ние (izbavlénie) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Malay: takhlisan — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Malay: penyelamatan — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Maltese: salvazzjoni — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Manx: saualtys — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Marathi: मुक्ती (muktī) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Middle English: savacioun — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Middle English: savement — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Mizo: chhandamna — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Mongolian: аврал (avral) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Norman: salut — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Norwegian: frelse — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Occitan: salvacion — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Occitan: sauvacion — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Church Slavic: съпасєниѥ (sŭpasenije) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Old English: hǣlu — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Papiamentu: salbashon — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Persian: رستگاری (rastgâri) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Persian: نجات (nejât) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Polish: zbawienie — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Polish: ratunek — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Polish: odkupienie — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Portuguese: salvação — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Romanian: salvare — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Romanian: mântuire — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Russian: спасе́ние (spasénije) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Russian: избавле́ние (izbavlénije) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Scottish Gaelic: saoradh — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Serbo-Croatian: спасење — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Serbo-Croatian: spasenje — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Shan: တၢင်းၵႄႇၶျွတ်ႈ (táang kàae khjāut) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Slovak: spása — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Slovak: spasenie — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Slovak: vykúpenie — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Slovene: odrešenje — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Spanish: salvación — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Swedish: frälsning — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Tajik: наҷот (najot) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Tamil: முத்தி (mutti) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Telugu: ముక్తి (mukti) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Thai: ความรอด (kwaam-rɔ̂ɔt) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Turkish: kurtuluş — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Turkish: selamet — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ottoman Turkish: نجات (necât) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ukrainian: спасі́ння (spasínnja) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Ukrainian: поряту́нок (porjatúnok) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Urdu: مغفرت (maġfirat) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Urdu: نجات (najāt) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Urdu: مکتی (muktī) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Uyghur: قۇتقۇزۇش (qutquzush) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Uzbek: qutilish — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Uzbek: najot — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Vietnamese: sự cứu rỗi — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Welsh: iachawdwriaeth — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Welsh: gwaredigaeth — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Yiddish: גאולה (geule) — the process of being saved (religion)
  • Yiddish: ישועה (yeshue) — the process of being saved (religion)
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