salvación

Definitions of salvación
  1. noun
    recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    synonyms: preservación, salvamento
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    salvavidas
    saving the lives of drowning persons
    redención
    (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    reforma
    rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
    rescate
    the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire
    búsqueda y rescate, misión de búsqueda y rescate
    a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
    absolución
    the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
    conversión, renacimiento espiritual
    a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
    expiación, propiciación, rescate
    the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
    type of:
    recobro, recuperación
    the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
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