Definition of salvationnext
as in rescue
the saving from danger or evil we spent the night in the cellar praying for salvation from the tornadoes

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Recent Examples of salvation The Seven Havens are in trouble, but will a new Avatar bring salvation or demise? — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 From despair to salvation and then back again, the picture at the end of Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United was of flailing limbs, both on the touchline, as players mobbed late, late equaliser-scorer Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and in the stands. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Hickey is the charismatic traveling salesman who preaches a distorted vision of salvation to the social misfits and leftist radicals in a dive bar in lower Manhattan, modeled on the denizens of a favorite O’Neill hangout. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026 To all you long-suffering Halos fans, light that baby up, because salvation is at hand. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salvation
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Noun
  • The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • For the next hour and a half, the system transported the five rescue workers and the two bodies that were still at the bottom of the gorge.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Believe it or not, Kyle Tucker is on a path to That Guy redemption.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • After losing the state championship to Buford last year, was redemption at top of mind this season?
    — Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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“Salvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvation. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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