Definitions of salvation:

• noun:   saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation

  Example: "The salvation of his party was the president's major concern"

• noun:   a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

  Example: "Tourism was their economic salvation"

• noun:   the state of being saved or preserved from harm
• noun:   (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil