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Salvation vs. Damnation

Salvation and Damnation Definitions

Salvation

Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.

Damnation

The act of damning or the condition of being damned.

Salvation

A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance.

Damnation

Condemnation to everlasting punishment; doom.

Salvation

Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.

Damnation

Everlasting punishment.
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Salvation

In religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, deliverance from the cycle of rebirth and suffering.

Damnation

Failure or ruination incurred by adverse criticism.

Salvation

The agent or means that brings about such deliverance.

Damnation

Used to express anger or annoyance. See Note at tarnation.

Salvation

(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
Collective salvation is not possible without personal salvation, but the latter is achievable.

Damnation

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
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Salvation

The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

Damnation

(religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Salvation

(rare) To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

Damnation

Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.

Salvation

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

Damnation

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
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Salvation

The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
To earn salvation for the sons of men.
Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.

Damnation

Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation.

Salvation

Saving power; that which saves.
Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day.

Damnation

A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.
The deep damnation of his taking-off.

Salvation

(Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

Damnation

The act of damning

Salvation

A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness;
Tourism was their economic salvation
They turned to individualism as their salvation

Damnation

The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

Salvation

The state of being saved or preserved from harm

Salvation

Saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation;
The salvation of his party was the president's major concern

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