## Meanings
1. The act of saving someone or something from harm or a difficult situation.
2. Something that rescues you from a bad situation.
3. In religion, the act of being saved from sin and its consequences.

## Examples
- The new investment proved to be the salvation of the failing company.
- For many lonely people, the radio was their only salvation.
- The preacher spoke about the path to salvation.

## Antonyms
- damnation
- perdition

## Derived Forms
- nonsalvation
- sally
- salvationism
- salvationist

## Related Forms
- salvage
- salvatic
- salvational
- salvationary
- salvatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: savacioun
- Root: savaciun
- Root: salvātiō

## Etymology
From Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu.

## AI Etymology
Salvation is from Middle English savacioun, from Old French savaciun, salvaciun, from Latin salvātiō. Displaced native Old English hǣlu. In present-day use, it can mean the act of saving someone or something from harm or a difficult situation, or something that rescues you from a bad situation. Related forms include salvage, salvatic, salvational, salvationary, salvatory. Derived formations include nonsalvation, sally, salvationism, salvationist.

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- Word Formation & Derivatives

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