saved

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
    guarded from injury or destruction

Word Origin

saved (adj.)
"delivered from damnation," c. 1300, past participle adjective from save (v.). Saved by the bell is from 1914 in reference to prize fighting; 1912 in reference to the classroom; figurative use from 1915, probably at first from the fighting sense.