salvation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Types & categories
- rescue hypernym
- remission of sin hyponym
- spiritual rebirth hyponym
- expiation hyponym
Related & opposite
- redeem derivation
- redemptive derivation
- theology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness
tourism was their economic salvation
Types & categories
- means hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the state of being saved or preserved from harm
Types & categories
- safety hypernym
Sense 4 noun
saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation
the salvation of his party was the president's major concern
Types & categories
- rescue hypernym
Related & opposite
- salvage derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | redeem |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | redemptive |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | theology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rescue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | remission of sin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritual rebirth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | expiation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | means |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | safety |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rescue |