Definitions for redemptionrɪˈdɛmp ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•demp•tionrɪˈdɛmp ʃən(n.)

  1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed.

  2. deliverance; rescue.

  3. deliverance from sin.

    Category: Religion

  4. atonement for guilt.

  5. repurchase, as of something sold.

  6. paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.

  7. recovery by payment, as of something pledged.

  8. conversion of paper money into specie.

Origin of redemption:

1300–50; ME redempcioun (< MF redemption) < L redēmptiō, der. (with -tiō -tion ) of redimere to redeem

Princeton's WordNet

  1. redemption, salvation(noun)

    (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

  2. redemption(noun)

    repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

  3. redemption, repurchase, buyback(noun)

    the act of purchasing back something previously sold

Wiktionary

  1. redemption(Noun)

    the act of redeeming or something redeemed

  2. redemption(Noun)

    the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article

  3. redemption(Noun)

    salvation from sin

  4. redemption(Noun)

    rescue upon payment of a ransom


Translations for redemption

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

redemption(noun)

(often with the ) Jesus Christ.

the redemption of man by Christ.

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