Definitions for redemptions

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redemptions re·demp·tion

Spelling: [ri-demp-shuh n]

IPA: /rɪˈdɛmp ʃən/

Redemptions is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1656 anagrams from letters in redemptions (deeimnoprst).

Definitions for redemptions

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 redemptions

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 redemptions

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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