redemption, salvation -- ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
salvation -- (a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation")
salvation -- (the state of being saved or preserved from harm)
salvation -- (saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern")