Synonyms for redemption


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-demp-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdɛmp ʃən


Définition of redemption

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "deliverance from sin," from Old French redemcion (12c.) and directly from Latin redemptionem (nominative redemptio) "a buying back, releasing, ransoming" (also "bribery"), noun of action from past participle stem of redimere "to redeem, buy back," from red- "back" (see re-) + emere "to take, buy, gain, procure" (see exempt). The -d- is from the Old Latin habit of using red- as the form of re- before vowels. In the Mercian hymns, Latin redemptionem is glossed by Old English alesnisse.
  • noun recovery
Example sentences :
  • Was there no prophet, no redemption, no mediator for such as these?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But he still had something to do, the final act made possible by his redemption.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • She still lived, however, and that was sufficient for the redemption of her sins.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • That God will do his part in the redemption of men is set before us in the cross.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • If the redemption is to be a moral redemption, the last detail of the method must be moral.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • I fought with Goethe for the redemption of a soul sold to the Devil.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Highly intellectual also is his explanation of the necessity of redemption.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • This giant labor of men, this obstinacy in living, is their excuse, is redemption.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • You are going to try and redeem the rich, or, at least, to show them the way of redemption.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • We are not to believe in them in spite of the plan of redemption; but, because of the plan of redemption.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves

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