salvation
Rescue from ruin
Salvation is rescue from danger, destruction, or harm.
In religious contexts, particularly Christianity, salvation refers to deliverance from sin and its consequences—the saving of the soul: He found salvation through faith.
More broadly, salvation is whatever preserves or redeems someone from a difficult situation: The loan was our salvation.
A person or thing that saves can itself be called a salvation: That job was my salvation during a hard year.
Sky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- eternal lifeUnending conscious existence
- immortalityExemption from death
- resurrectionRevival from death
kingdom · glory · eternity · everlasting · hereafter · rapture · ascension · promised land
Compensation for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
mercy · reconciliation · expiation · penance · propitiation · purification · sanctification · justification
Violation of divine law
- faithTrust without proof
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- gospelSacred choral tradition
justification · predestination · election · covenant · baptism · confession · sacrament · creed
Profound spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
awakening · transcendence · illumination · deliverance · release · freedom · wholeness · transformation
Commitment to act
- faithTrust without proof
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- consolationComfort during distress
trust · confidence · expectation · longing · yearning · aspiration · anticipation · deliverance
Save from harm
- escapeFlight from captivity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
- extricationAct of freeing
emancipation · protection · preservation · refuge · sanctuary · haven · asylum · shelter
heaven
Sky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- eternal lifeUnending conscious existence
- immortalityExemption from death
resurrection · kingdom · glory · eternity · everlasting · hereafter · rapture · ascension · promised land · celestial
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
grace · mercy · reconciliation · expiation · penance · propitiation · purification · sanctification · justification · pardon
sin
Violation of divine law
- faithTrust without proof
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
gospel · justification · predestination · election · covenant · baptism · confession · sacrament · creed · scripture
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
satori · awakening · transcendence · illumination · deliverance · release · freedom · wholeness · transformation · union
promise
Commitment to act
consolation · trust · confidence · expectation · longing · yearning · aspiration · anticipation · deliverance · answered prayer
rescue
Save from harm
- escapeFlight from captivity
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
extrication · emancipation · protection · preservation · refuge · sanctuary · haven · asylum · shelter · exodus
- biblical themescreation, messiah, covenant, redemption, kingdom
- Christian doctrinetrinity, Trinity, Holy Trinity, creeds, incarnation
- blessingsblessing, blessing prayer, divine blessing, spiritual gifts, divine favor
- theologyecclesiology, eschatology, Christology, God, dogmatics
- morality playsEveryman, morality play, morality tale, Mankind, vice
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, mercy, grace
salvationdamnation
Eternal punishment decree
perdition · eternal damnation · condemnation · eternal punishment · hellfire
salvationdestruction
Act of completely ruining
ruin · annihilation · doom · devastation · obliteration
- Salvation ArmyChristian charitable organization
- The Salvation ArmyReligious charitable organization
- eternal salvationEndless rescue of soul