Redemption Definition

rĭ-dĕmpshən
noun
A redeeming or being redeemed (in various senses)
Webster's New World
Something that redeems.
Webster's New World
The payment of an obligation, as a government's payment of the value of its bonds.
American Heritage
Deliverance upon payment of ransom; rescue.
American Heritage
Salvation from sin through Jesus's sacrifice.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Redemption

Noun

Singular:
redemption
Plural:
redemptions

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Redemption

  • the Redemption

Origin of Redemption

  • Middle English redempcioun from Old French redemption from Latin redēmptiō redēmptiōn- from redēmptus past participle of redimere to redeem redeem

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Redemption Sentence Examples

  • Others find in the gospel of redemption the true theodicy.

  • A reserve of $10o,000,000 of gold had been accumulated for the redemption of these notes.

  • The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world."

  • Even in the middle ages there were not wanting those - the St Victors, Bonaventura - who sought to vindicate mystical if not moral redemption as the central thought of Christianity.

  • The church also encouraged the emancipation of individual slaves and the redemption of captives.

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Words Starting With

RRERED

Words Ending With

NONION

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