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
