re|demp|tion

re|demp|tion
re|demp|tion «rih DEHMP shuhn», noun.
1. the act of redeeming or state of being redeemed; buying back; paying off: »

Redemption of his mortgage took the farmer many years.

2. = ransom: (Cf.ransom) »

The Austrians set the redemption of England's King Richard at many hundreds of English pounds.

3. deliverance; rescue: »

The floating board provided the sailor's redemption from drowning.

4. deliverance from sin; salvation: »

The minister worked hard to save those very sinners that the rest of us thought beyond redemption.

[< Latin redēmptiō, -ōnis < redimere; see etym. under redeem (Cf.redeem). See etym. of doublet ransom. (Cf.ransom)]

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  • Re|demp|tion|ist — «rih DEHMP shuh nihst», noun. a member of the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Trinity; Trinitarian …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

  • redemption — re·demp·tion …   English syllables

  • redemptional — re·demp·tion·al …   English syllables

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