salvation
noun
sal·va·tion
sal-ˈvā-shən 
1
a
: deliverance from the power and effects of sin
b
: the agent or means that effects salvation
c
Christian Science
: the realization of the supremacy of infinite Mind over all bringing with it the destruction of the illusion of sin, sickness, and death
2
: liberation from ignorance or illusion
3
a
: preservation from destruction or failure
b
: deliverance from danger or difficulty
Examples of salvation in a Sentence
Tourism has been the salvation of the island.
we spent the night in the cellar praying for salvation from the tornadoes
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Micklethwait Barbecue Twelve years is multiple lifetimes for a food trailer, but Micklethwait lived long enough to finally find salvation in a brick-and-mortar restaurant housed in an old church.
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Even so, as Jerry delivers his hokum, Offerman invests it with a hypnotic clarity, a sense that Jerry is trying to create a rational and just world — to create salvation — out of the irrational.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 July 2025
Born in 1932 in a small town on the Argentine pampas, Manuel found his salvation in writing.
—Suzanne Jill Levine
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Even so, as Jerry delivers his hokum, Offerman invests it with a hypnotic clarity, a sense that Jerry is trying to create a rational and just world — to create salvation — out of the irrational.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 July 2025
Born in 1932 in a small town on the Argentine pampas, Manuel found his salvation in writing.
—Suzanne Jill Levine
june 30, Literary Hub, 30 June 2025
As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for salvation
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“Salvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salvation. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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salvation
noun
sal·va·tion
sal-ˈvā-shən
1
: the saving of a person from sin
2
: something that saves
3
: the saving from danger or evil
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