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re·demp·tion

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–noun

1.	an act of redeeming 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: 1300–50; ME redempcioun (< MF redemption) < LL redémptiōn- (s. of redémptiō), equiv. to L redémpt(us) (ptp. of redimere to redeem) + -iōn- -ion

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—Related forms

re·demp·tion·al, adjective

re·demp·tion·less, adjective

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re·demp·tion Audio Help (rĭ-děmp'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of redeeming or the condition of having been redeemed.
Recovery of something pawned or mortgaged.
The payment of an obligation, as a government's payment of the value of its bonds.
Deliverance upon payment of ransom; rescue.
Christianity Salvation from sin through Jesus's sacrifice.

[Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redēmptiō, redēmptiōn-, from redēmptus, past participle of redimere, to redeem; see redeem.]

re·demp'tion·al, re·demp'tive, re·demp'to·ry (-tə-rē) adj.

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redemption

c.1340, "deliverance from sin," from L. redemptionem (nom. redemptio) "a buying back, releasing, ransoming," from redemptus, pp. of redimere "to redeem, buy back," from re- "back" + emere "to take, buy, gain, procure" (see exempt). The -d- is from the Old L. habit of using red- as the form of re- before vowels, and this is practically the sole Eng. word in which it survives. Redemptorist is from Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (founded Naples, 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori). In the Mercian hymns, L. redemptionem is glossed by O.E. alesnisse.

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redemption
noun
1.	(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
2.	repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
3.	the act of purchasing back something previously sold

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redemption [rəˈdempʃən] noun

Example: the redemption of man by Christ

Arabic:	افْتِداء
Chinese (Simplified):	赎身
Chinese (Traditional):	贖身
Czech:	spása
Danish:	frelse
Dutch:	verlossing
Estonian:	lunastus
Finnish:	pelastus
French:	rédemption
German:	die Erlösung
Greek:	σωτηρία
Hungarian:	megváltás (kárhozattól)
Icelandic:	frelsun, endurlausn
Indonesian:	penebusan
Italian:	redenzione

Japanese:	救い
Korean:	되사기, 되찾음, 사죄(赦罪)
Latvian:	izpirkšana; pestīšana
Lithuanian:	išganymas
Norwegian:	frelse
Polish:	zbawienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	redenção
Portuguese (Portugal):	redenção
Romanian:	mântuire
Russian:	искупление
Slovak:	spása
Slovenian:	odrešenje
Spanish:	redención
Swedish:	frälsning
Turkish:	kurtarma