redemption

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/

• 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. (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

• beyond redemption
• coredemption
• equity of redemption
• nonredemption
• past redemption
• redemptional
• redemption arc
• redemptionary
• redemptioner
• redemption fatigue
• redemption game
• redemptionism
• redemptionist
• redemptionista
• redemptionless
• 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 Swedish: återlösning (sv) c

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, återlösning (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 Swedish: återlösning (sv) c

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