redemption
[ri-demp-shuh n]
- an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- deliverance; rescue.
- Theology. deliverance from sin; salvation.
- atonement for guilt.
- repurchase, as of something sold.
- paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.
- recovery by payment, as of something pledged.
- conversion of paper money into specie.
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Origin of redemption
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Examples from the Web for redemption
Contemporary Examples
It was about the hope and longing for redemption and reconciliation that lies somewhere within each of us.
Excerpted from Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne.
Throughout her life, she faced public ridicule, legal persecution and, eventually, redemption through a PhD in clinical sexology.
Giving prisoners a chance at redemption is a good idea; but we were too careless, and innocent people suffered because it it.
They were flawed and beautiful men in circuitous search of redemption, and Newman wore the characters effortlessly.
Historical Examples
Was there no prophet, no redemption, no mediator for such as these?
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
But he still had something to do, the final act made possible by his redemption.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
She still lived, however, and that was sufficient for the redemption of her sins.
The DreamEmile Zola
That God will do his part in the redemption of men is set before us in the cross.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
If the redemption is to be a moral redemption, the last detail of the method must be moral.
Understanding the ScripturesFrancis McConnell
redemption
- the act or process of redeeming
- the state of being redeemed
- Christianity
- deliverance from sin through the incarnation, sufferings, and death of Christ
- atonement for guilt
- conversion of paper money into bullion or specie
- removal of a financial obligation by paying off a note, bond, etc
- (as modifier)redemption date
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Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin redemptiō a buying back; see redeem
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Word Origin and History for redemption
n.
mid-14c., "deliverance from sin," from Old French redemcion (12c.) and directly from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a buying back, releasing, ransoming" (also "bribery"), noun of action from past participle stem of redimere "to redeem, buy back," from red- "back" (see re-) + emere "to take, buy, gain, procure" (see exempt). The -d- is from the Old Latin habit of using red- as the form of re- before vowels. In the Mercian hymns, Latin redemptionem is glossed by Old English alesnisse.
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