redemption
/ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/
redemption noun: the act of redeeming or something redeemed.
Noun
redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)
- The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
- The conversion (of a security) into cash.
- When money comes in, stablecoin operators can exercise how and when to buy reserves. When they face redemptions, they have to act faster.2025 June 7, Katie Martin, “Why we should worry about the rise of stablecoins”, in FT Weekend (The Long View section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18
- Salvation from sin.
- Before creating the world, God knew both the need for and the means of the redemption He would provide through Jesus Christ.2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 9
- Rescue upon payment of a ransom.
redemption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
redemption in Hindi
- redemption
- मोचन mocan
redemption in Tamil
- அடைமான, அடகு மீட்டல், கழுவாய், மீட்பு, இழிநிலையிலிருந்து மீண்டு நன்னிலை அடைதல், உய்வு
redemption in Urdu
- فدا, خلاصی
redemption in Bengali
- মুক্তি, পরিত্রাণ
More languagesFewer languages
- redemption in Malayalam
- വിടുവിക്കൽ, മോചനം, വീണ്ടെടുപ്പ്
- redemption in Kannada
- ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ
- redemption in Punjabi
- ਛੁਟਕਾਰਾ
- redemption in Arabic
- فِدَاء fidāʔ, خَلَاص ḵalāṣ
Examples of redemption in a sentence
- Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
- Society holds the belief that mass murderers are beyond redemption.
- Still, I was outsmarted and outcunned by a blacktail, and I demand redemption next season.
Forms of redemption
| plural | redemptions |
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Origin of redemption
From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Words formed from redemption
Phrases with redemption
Questions about redemption
- What does redemption mean?
- Redemption means the act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- What is redemption in Hindi?
- Redemption in Hindi is मोचन (mocan). See Redemption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is redemption?
- Redemption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce redemption?
- Redemption is pronounced /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/.
- What is the plural of redemption?
- The plural of redemption is redemptions.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: redemption (page history and authors); मोचन (Hindi) (page history and authors); redemption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redemption (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redemption (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redemption (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redemption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redemption (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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