Salvation
noun
The act of saving or protecting from harm.
The lifeboat was their salvation in the storm.
Often appears as...
- find salvation
- seek salvation
noun
In religion, being saved from sin or evil and allowed to enter heaven.
She found salvation in Christianity.
Often appears as...
- eternal salvation
- spiritual salvation
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Approving
Religious
noun
A source or means of being saved from a difficult or unpleasant situation.
Books were her salvation from the boredom of everyday life.
Often appears as...
- seek salvation
- find salvation
noun
The act of saving or protecting from harm.
The lifeboat was their salvation in the storm.
Often appears as...
- find salvation
- seek salvation
noun
In religion, being saved from sin or evil and allowed to enter heaven.
She found salvation in Christianity.
Often appears as...
- eternal salvation
- spiritual salvation
Usage tips
Approving
Religious
noun
A source or means of being saved from a difficult or unpleasant situation.
Books were her salvation from the boredom of everyday life.
Often appears as...
- seek salvation
- find salvation
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Rescue
Used when describing a situation where someone is saved from danger or harm.
The firefighters were his salvation from the burning building.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Protection
Can refer to something providing relief in a difficult situation, not just physical danger.
His quick thinking was the team's salvation when the presentation tech failed.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Assistance
Often suggests saving someone from an immediate crisis or urgent situation.
The donation was the charity's salvation, just as it was about to close.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Rescue
Used when describing a situation where someone is saved from danger or harm.
The firefighters were his salvation from the burning building.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Protection
Can refer to something providing relief in a difficult situation, not just physical danger.
His quick thinking was the team's salvation when the presentation tech failed.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Assistance
Often suggests saving someone from an immediate crisis or urgent situation.
The donation was the charity's salvation, just as it was about to close.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Rescue
Used when describing a situation where someone is saved from danger or harm.
The firefighters were his salvation from the burning building.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Protection
Can refer to something providing relief in a difficult situation, not just physical danger.
His quick thinking was the team's salvation when the presentation tech failed.
Pro Tip 3/3Immediate Assistance
Often suggests saving someone from an immediate crisis or urgent situation.
The donation was the charity's salvation, just as it was about to close.
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History 101: The...
Plus, he criticized the Church for selling indulgences, the practice of purchasing forgiveness of one's sins by giving money to the Church. Luther believed the Church needed to revise its doctrine by returning to the Bible's teachings and by saying that salvation could be granted
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How one tweet can ruin...
he'd been caught plagiarizing and faking quotes, and he was drenched in shame and regret, he told me. And he had the opportunity to publicly apologize at a foundation lunch. This was going to be the most important speech of his life. Maybe it would win him some salvation.
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Why I choose humanism...
extend life, prevent diseases, cure debilitating ailments, reduce infant mortality and preserve our planet. But we cannot accomplish all these goals by wishful thinking with our eyes closed or by armchair speculation or by expecting salvation from empty sky.
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Beach Bodies (in spoken...
I want to be a flexing horse leg, galloping beach sand into a red carpet, customized for me to strut the shore side like a centaur on a conveyor belt. I'm trying to get this beach body, but there is salvation in snack closets, on licked plates of seconds,
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4 larger-than-life...
and the stakes can feel just as dramatic. We cycle through tragedy and joy just like these characters. We cross thresholds, fight demons and find salvation unexpectedly, and we do it again and again and again, but just like soaps, we can flip the script,
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
trotted around the globe selling this Multiple parties fight for political power and everyone voting on them is the only path to salvation to the long-suffering developing world. Those who buy the prospectus are destined for success.
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
A room like this, nonetheless. With the same great feelings of suspense, the same deep hopes for salvation, the same sweat in the palms and the same people in the back not paying attention.
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Born to sing PIPE Taylor...
voice my greatest gift my greatest salvation my greatest tool my voice saved my life my voice gave me a life it gave me a purpose it showed me a way out of the chaos of my home my
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Swallows Searching for...
the place is infested by vast swarms of flies. But this plague is a bird's salvation.
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Rediscovering Glen...
salvation for the rest of my life but I knew I knew even at that time and powers
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History 101: The...
Plus, he criticized the Church for selling indulgences, the practice of purchasing forgiveness of one's sins by giving money to the Church. Luther believed the Church needed to revise its doctrine by returning to the Bible's teachings and by saying that salvation could be granted
Video examples
How one tweet can ruin...
he'd been caught plagiarizing and faking quotes, and he was drenched in shame and regret, he told me. And he had the opportunity to publicly apologize at a foundation lunch. This was going to be the most important speech of his life. Maybe it would win him some salvation.
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
extend life, prevent diseases, cure debilitating ailments, reduce infant mortality and preserve our planet. But we cannot accomplish all these goals by wishful thinking with our eyes closed or by armchair speculation or by expecting salvation from empty sky.
Video examples
Beach Bodies (in spoken...
I want to be a flexing horse leg, galloping beach sand into a red carpet, customized for me to strut the shore side like a centaur on a conveyor belt. I'm trying to get this beach body, but there is salvation in snack closets, on licked plates of seconds,
Video examples
4 larger-than-life...
and the stakes can feel just as dramatic. We cycle through tragedy and joy just like these characters. We cross thresholds, fight demons and find salvation unexpectedly, and we do it again and again and again, but just like soaps, we can flip the script,
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
trotted around the globe selling this Multiple parties fight for political power and everyone voting on them is the only path to salvation to the long-suffering developing world. Those who buy the prospectus are destined for success.
Video examples
The gospel of doubt PIPE...
A room like this, nonetheless. With the same great feelings of suspense, the same deep hopes for salvation, the same sweat in the palms and the same people in the back not paying attention.
Video examples
Born to sing PIPE Taylor...
voice my greatest gift my greatest salvation my greatest tool my voice saved my life my voice gave me a life it gave me a purpose it showed me a way out of the chaos of my home my
Video examples
Swallows Searching for...
the place is infested by vast swarms of flies. But this plague is a bird's salvation.
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
salvation for the rest of my life but I knew I knew even at that time and powers
Example 1 of 10
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.
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Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.
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Edward McKendree Bounds
American Author
The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom and fruitage in prayer.
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Richard Thompson
British Musician
But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.
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George Ayittey
Ghanaian Economist
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
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Buddha
Leader
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
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Sun Myung Moon
Korean Clergyman
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation.
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Henry Miller
American Author
There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Courage is a kind of salvation.
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.
Quote examples
Leo Buscaglia
American Author
I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.
Quote examples
Edward McKendree Bounds
American Author
The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom and fruitage in prayer.
Quote examples
Richard Thompson
British Musician
But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.
Quote examples
George Ayittey
Ghanaian Economist
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Quote examples
Buddha
Leader
I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.
Quote examples
Sun Myung Moon
Korean Clergyman
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation.
Quote examples
Henry Miller
American Author
There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Example 1 of 10
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