savacioun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === salvacion, salvacioun, salvacyon, salvacyoun, salvation, sauvacioun, savacion, savacon, savacoun, savacyon, sawacyon (early) salvaciun, salvatiun, sauvaciun === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French salvacion, sauvacion, from Late Latin salvātiō, salvātiōnem; equivalent to saven +‎ -acioun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sa(l)ˌvaːsiˈuːn/, /sa(l)ˈvaːsjun/ === Noun === savacioun (uncountable) Security; the act of making or state of being protected. Synonym: savete Religious salvation; deliverance from eternal doom. Synonym: savete An individual who acts as security or salvation. Preservation, maintenance, or that which ensures it. (rare) Deliverance from or remediation of a wrong. (medicine, rare) Medical remediation; the restoration of health. ==== Descendants ==== English: salvation Scots: salvation ==== References ==== “savāciǒun̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.