redemption

1. 1.

   (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

   Synonymssalvation

   Broaderrescue

   Narrowerabsolutionconversionexpiation

   theology

2. 2.

   repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

   Broaderrepayment

   corporation

3. 3.

   the act of purchasing back something previously sold

   Synonymsrepurchasebuyback

   Broaderpurchase

Other forms of redemption

plural

redemptions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about redemption

What does redemption mean?

redemption means "(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in redemption?

redemption has 3 syllables: re-demp-tion. The stress falls on "demp". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/.

What is another word for redemption?

Close synonyms include salvation, repurchase, buyback. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is redemption a common word?

redemption is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.