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redemption

/ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/

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What does redemption mean?

noun

  1. The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
  2. The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
  3. The conversion (of a security) into cash.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. Salvation from sin.
  2. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɹɪˈdɛmʃən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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We will fortunately be able to apply to the redemption of the public debt any small and unforeseen excess of revenue.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
A woman’s touch redeems and softens, and they needed such redemption and softening instead of each day growing harsh and harsher.
Jack LondonThe People of the AbyssProject Gutenberg ebook #1688
More book examples (3)
To redeem what is past, and to transform every “It was” into “Thus would I have it!”—that only do I call redemption!
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and NoneTranslated by Thomas CommonProject Gutenberg ebook #1998
If redemption--Roderick seemed to reason--was to arrive with his mother and his affianced bride, these last moments of error should be doubly erratic.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
One obstacle alone stood between man and his redemption, the vile body, "this muddy vesture of decay," that so grossly wrapped his soul.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566