Definitions for redemption

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redemption re·demp·tion

Spelling: [ri-demp-shuh n]

IPA: /rɪˈdɛmp ʃən/

Redemption is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 776 anagrams from letters in redemption (deeimnoprt).

Definitions for redemption

noun

1. an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
2. deliverance; rescue.
3. Theology. deliverance from sin; salvation.
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; Middle English redempcioun (Middle French redemption) Late Latin redēmptiōn- (stem of redēmptiō), equivalent to Latin redēmpt(us) (past participle of redimere to Examples for redemption

Was there no prophet, no redemption, no mediator for such as these?

Throughout her life, she faced public ridicule, legal persecution and, eventually, redemption through a PhD in clinical sexology.

They were flawed and beautiful men in circuitous search of redemption, and Newman wore the characters effortlessly.

Excerpted from Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne.

It was about the hope and longing for redemption and reconciliation that lies somewhere within each of us.

She still lived, however, and that was sufficient for the redemption of her sins.

But he still had something to do, the final act made possible by his redemption.

Giving prisoners a chance at redemption is a good idea; but we were too careless, and innocent people suffered because it it.

If the redemption is to be a moral redemption, the last detail of the method must be moral.

That God will do his part in the redemption of men is set before us in the cross.