redempcioun

• redemcioun, redempcion, redempcyoun, redempcyoune, redemption, redemptyon

Borrowed from Old French redemption, borrowed itself from Latin redemptio. Doublet of raunsoun.

• IPA^(key): /rɛdɛmpˈsjuːn/, /rɛˈdɛmpsjun/

redempcioun (plural redempcions)

1. (theology) Redemption or release from sinfulness.
2. One's method of or path towards redemption or release.
3. Making redress; repairing a relationship or connection.
4. A payment or fee, especially one acting as ransom.
5. Freeing from imprisonment (often involving ransoming)
6. (rare) Escape from mortality or dying.
7. (rare) Payment of a tax, charge, or duty.
8. (theology, rare) Spiritual overhaul or reforming.
9. (theology, rare) Spiritual remission or forgiving.

• English: redemption
• Scots: redemption

• “redempciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-29.