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Salvation

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

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Narrower term 7

Absolution 76% connected

An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

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Atonement 76% connected

Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

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Conversion 76% connected

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

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Expiation 76% connected

The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

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Propitiation 76% connected

The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

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Remission 76% connected

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

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Remittal 76% connected

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

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Agency 76% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Deliverance 76% connected

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Rescue 76% connected

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure…

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Safety 76% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Saving 76% connected

of Save

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Relieve 74% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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Relieve 74% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

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