redemption

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See also: rédemption

English

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Etymology

From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/
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Noun

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. (finance) The conversion (of a security) into cash.
    • 2025 June 7, Katie Martin, “Why we should worry about the rise of stablecoins”, in FT Weekend, The Long View, page 18:
      When money comes in, stablecoin operators can exercise how and when to buy reserves. When they face redemptions, they have to act faster.
  4. (religion) 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.
  5. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

Derived terms

Translations

the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

redemption

  1. alternative form of redempcioun

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.

Noun

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

  1. redemption; salvation from sin

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