redemption

From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪdɛmpʃən/

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redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)

1. The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
2. The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
3. 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.

4. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

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redemption

1. Alternative form of redempcioun

• redempcion
• redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.

redemption f (oblique plural redemptions, nominative singular redemption, nominative plural redemptions)

1. redemption; salvation from sin

• → Middle English: redempcioun, redempcion, redemption, redempcyoune, redempcyoun, redemcioun
  • English: redemption
  • Scots: redemption
• French: rédemption