redemption
See also: rédemption
English
Etymology
From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/
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Noun
redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- Salvation from sin.
- 2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 9:
- Before creating the world, God knew both the need for and the means of the redemption He would provide through Jesus Christ.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
Derived terms
- beyond redemption
- equity of redemption
- past redemption
- redemption arc
- redemption fatigue
- redemption game
- redemption price
- redemption value
Translations
the act of redeeming or something redeemed
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the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
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salvation from sin
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Anagrams
Middle English
Old French
Alternative forms
- redempcion
- redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.
Noun
redemption oblique singular, f (oblique plural redemptions, nominative singular redemption, nominative plural redemptions)
- redemption; salvation from sin
Descendants
- → Middle English: redempcioun, redemcioun, redempcion, redempcyoun, redempcyoune, redemption, redemptyon
- English: redemption
- Scots: redemption
- French: rédemption
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