redemption
See also: rédemption
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- 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.
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the act of redeeming or something redeemed
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the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
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salvation from sin
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rescue upon payment of a ransom
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
redemption
- Alternative form of redempcioun
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- redempcion
- redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.
Noun edit
redemption oblique singular, f (oblique plural redemptions, nominative singular redemption, nominative plural redemptions)
- redemption; salvation from sin
Descendants edit
- → Middle English: redempcioun, redemcioun, redempcion, redempcyoun, redempcyoune, redemption, redemptyon
- English: redemption
- Scots: redemption
- French: rédemption