redemption

See also: rédemption

English

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/

• Audio (US):

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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. 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.

Derived terms

• beyond redemption
• equity of redemption
• past redemption
• redemption arc
• redemption fatigue
• redemption game
• redemption price
• redemption value

 

Translations

the act of redeeming or something redeemed

• Arabic: فِدَاء m (fidāʔ)
• Bulgarian: откупване n (otkupvane)
• Czech: vykoupení n
• Dutch: verlossing (nl) f, zaligmaking (nl) f
• Ewe: fexexeɖeta
• Finnish: lunastaminen (fi), lunastus (fi)
• French: rédemption (fr) f
• Galician: redención (gl) f
• German: Erlösung (de) f
• Irish: slánú m
• Japanese: 償還 (ja) (しょうかん, shōkan)
• Macedonian: о́ткуп m (ótkup), откупу́вање n (otkupúvanje)
• Manx: aachionnaghey m
• Portuguese: redenção (pt) f
• Spanish: redención (es) f

the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article

• Bulgarian: откупване (otkupvane)
• Czech: vykoupení n
• Dutch: vrijkoping (nl) f, afkoping (nl) f
• Ewe: fexexeɖeta
• Finnish: lunastus (fi)
• French: rédemption (fr) f
• Galician: amortización (gl) f
• German: Loskauf m
• Irish: fuascailt f
• Macedonian: о́ткуп m (ótkup), откупу́вање n (otkupúvanje)
• Portuguese: amortização (pt) f
• Russian: вы́куп (ru) m (výkup)
• Spanish: amortización f
• Swedish: lösen (sv)

salvation from sin

• Arabic: خَلَاص m (ḵalāṣ)
• Bulgarian: изкупле́ние (bg) n (izkuplénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救贖／救赎 (zh) (jiùshú)

• Czech: vykoupení n
• Dutch: vergiffenis (nl) f, zaligmaking (nl) f
• Esperanto: elaĉeto
• Ewe: fexexeɖeta
• Finnish: lunastus (fi), pelastus (fi), vapahdus (fi)
• French: rédemption (fr)
• German: Erlösung (de) f
• Greek: λύτρωση (el) f (lýtrosi)
• Hungarian: megváltás (hu)
• Irish: slánú m
• Korean: 속죄 (ko) (sokjoe)
• Latin: redemptiō f
• Macedonian: искупу́вање n (iskupúvanje)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: odkupienie (pl), zbawienie (pl)
• Portuguese: redenção (pt) f
• Romanian: mântuire (ro) f
• Russian: искупле́ние (ru) n (iskuplénije)
• Spanish: redención (es) f
• Swedish: frälsning (sv) c
• Tocharian B: tsälpālñe
• Ukrainian: відку́плення n (vidkúplennja)

rescue upon payment of a ransom

• Bulgarian: откуп (bg) m (otkup)
• Czech: vykoupení n
• Ewe: fexexeɖeta
• Hungarian: kiváltás (hu)
• Irish: fuascailt f
• Macedonian: о́ткуп m (ótkup)
• Portuguese: resgate (pt) m

Anagrams

• nemopterid

Middle English

Noun

redemption

1. Alternative form of redempcioun

Old French

Alternative forms

• redempcion
• redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)

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

Descendants

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