Redemption
[rɪ'dem(p)ʃ(ə)n] or [rɪ'dɛmpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of purchasing back something previously sold.
(noun.) (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil.
(noun.) repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock).
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Repurchase.[2]. Ransom, release, liberation, deliverance, rescue, salvation.[3]. Performance, discharge, fulfilment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repurchase, retrieval, ransom, rescue, recovery, satisfaction, fulfilment,discharge, expiation, compensation, atonement, salvation, indemnification
ANT:Forfeiture, abandonment, loss, deprivation, sacrifice, betrayal, damnification
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Definition
n. act of redeeming or buying back: ransom: release: the deliverance of mankind from sin and misery by Christ.—ns. Redemp′tionary one who is set at liberty or released from a bond by paying a compensation or fulfilling some stipulated conditions; Redemp′tioner one who redeemed himself from debt or the like by service; Redemp′tionist one of an order of monks devoted to the redemption of Christian captives from slavery; Redemp′torist one of a congregation of R.C. missionary priests founded by Alfonso Liguori in 1732 whose object is the religious instruction of the people and the reform of public morality by periodically visiting preaching and hearing confessions.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religion and whoso believeth in it shall not perish but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
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Examples
- There was no sympathy, no redemption, no redress! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her wealth offered me the redemption of my honour and my standing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, you may go; and your wages shall every cent of them be laid aside for your husband's redemption. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But it will work its own redemption yet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You have a claim on me: not only as the voluntary bearer of this intelligence, but as a woman lost almost beyond redemption. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He had mental exercises, called himself nought, laid hold on redemption, and went on in his course of instrumentality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On the contrary he inquires very anxiously, said Mrs. Shelby, when the money for his redemption is to be raised. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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