salvation in WordNet English dictionary

1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
   redemption  salvation 
   
2. a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
   "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
   salvation 
   
3. saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
   "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"
   salvation 
   
4. the state of being saved or preserved from harm
   salvation