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REDEMPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of purchasing back something previously sold
Synonyms:
buyback; redemption; repurchase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("redemption" is a kind of...):
purchase (the acquisition of something for payment)
Derivation:
redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
Synonyms:
redemption; salvation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("redemption" is a kind of...):
deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "redemption"):
absolution; remission; remission of sin; remittal (the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance)
conversion; rebirth; spiritual rebirth (a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life)
atonement; expiation; propitiation (the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity))
Derivation:
redeem (save from sins)
redemptional (of or relating to or resulting in redemption)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("redemption" is a kind of...):
quittance; repayment (payment of a debt or obligation)
Domain category:
corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)
Derivation:
redeem (pay off (loans or promissory notes))
