redemption
See also: rédemption
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editredemption (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
editTranslations
editthe 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
editMiddle English
editNoun
editredemption
- Alternative form of redempcioun
Old French
editAlternative forms
edit- redempcion
- redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.
Noun
editredemption 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
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