salvation

Erlösung, Seelenheil

Nach religiösem Glauben die Befreiung von der Strafe für Sünden, besonders von der Hölle.

In einfachem Englisch: Being saved from the punishment for doing wrong, especially from hell, according to religious belief.

• They prayed for salvation.
• The church teaches that salvation comes through faith.
• He believed that Christ offered salvation to everyone.

So benutzt man es: salvation from something (They pray for salvation from sin.)

Synonyme: redemption

Häufige Wendungen: eternal salvation, salvation through faith, personal salvation

Rettung

Die Befreiung aus Gefahr oder großer Not, oder jemand oder etwas, das einen daraus rettet.

In einfachem Englisch: Being saved from danger or serious trouble, or someone or something that saves you.

• That small loan was our salvation.
• The rain brought salvation to the struggling farmers.
• She saw education as her salvation from poverty.

So benutzt man es: salvation from something (The loan offered salvation from financial ruin.)

Synonyme: rescue, deliverance

Häufige Wendungen: someone’s salvation, salvation from ruin, only salvation