<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.</li><li>the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.</li><li>a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.</li><li>Theology: deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption.</li></ul>