1. (n.) The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

2. (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.

3. (n.) Saving power; that which saves.

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