Salvation

sal-vā′shun, n. act of saving: means of preservation from any serious evil: ( theol. ) the saving of man from the power and penalty of sin, the conferring of eternal happine : ( B. ) deliverance from enemies.— v.t. to heal, to cure: to remedy: to redeem: to glo over.— ns. Salvā′tionism ; Salvā′tionist .— Salvation Army , an organisation for the revival of evangelical religion amongst the ma es, founded by William Booth about 1865, reorganised on the model of a military force in 1878; Salvation Sally , a girl belonging to the Salvation Army.