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==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|salvacion|salvacioun|salvacyon|salvacyoun|salvation|sauvacioun|savacion|savacon|savacoun|savacyon|sawacyon}}
* {{q|early}} {{alter|enm|salvaciun|salvatiun|sauvaciun}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|enm|fro|salvacion}}, {{m|fro|sauvacion}}, from {{der|enm|LL.|salvatio|salvātiō, salvātiōnem}}; equivalent to {{af|enm|saven|-acioun}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/sa(l)ˌvaːsiˈuːn/|/sa(l)ˈvaːsjun/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|-}}

# [[security|Security]]; the act of [[making]] or state of [[being]] [[protected]].
#: {{syn|enm|savete}}
# [[religious|Religious]] [[salvation]]; [[deliverance]] from [[eternal]] [[doom]].
#: {{syn|enm|savete}}
#* {{RQ:Chaucer Canterbury Tales|lines=621-623|Wife of Bath's Prologue|xxxix|verso=yes|column=1|Foꝛ God ſo wyſely be my '''ſaluation''' / I loued neuer by no dyſcretion / But euer folowed myne appetite|Because God will be my '''salvation''', / I never loved with any discretion, / but always obeyed my appetites.}}
# An [[individual]] who acts as [[security]] or [[salvation]].
# [[preservation|Preservation]], [[maintenance]], or that which [[ensure]]s it.
# {{lb|enm|rare}} [[deliverance|Deliverance]] from or [[remediation]] of a [[wrong]].
# {{lb|enm|medicine|rare}} Medical [[remediation]]; the [[restoration]] of [[health]].

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|salvation}}
* {{desc|sco|salvation}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|savāciǒun̄|n|MED38630}}

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