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 Editor’s picks The only path to Louis, and the prince’s salvation, involves winning the hearts of the people by means fair or foul, so the group joins the competition for the crown and sets off around the kingdom on the world’s most convoluted assassination mission. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024 But crucially, her pronouncement that a militant, moralizing crusade of Christian nationalists would be the salvation of the nation echoes the most dangerous Christian nationalist rhetoric of the GOP today. William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024 As an evangelical Christian tradition, Pentecostalism emphasizes salvation through Jesus Christ and the centrality of scripture. Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024 Even having an international passport did not guarantee salvation. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for salvation 

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“Salvation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salvation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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