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Definition of redemption in English: redemptionnoun rɪˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)nrəˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)n mass noun1The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. God's plans for the redemption of his world Example sentencesExamples - The African people are looking to their leaders for the redemption of the continent from what has plagued it for so long.
- Chasing a desire ‘to live and to die’ in Paris, and unable to find spiritual redemption, she eventually drinks poison.
- I wanted redemption, instead, I've just added one evil onto another.
- For once a population is deemed evil, with no hope of redemption, its members have little left to lose.
- You have to believe in the redemption of mankind.
- I don't know, maybe I should use a theme of redemption from evil, or overbooking airline reservations, or something like that.
- There would be some vindication, some redemption, some soul-cleansing.
- Every soul can be saved, and everyone is capable of redemption.
- Why must he tug on my heartstrings, moving me to tears, when there could be no redemption, no saving me?
- You no longer have to make sacrifices in somebody else's name, trying to get yourself saved or to earn redemption.
- Fortunately, the powers of friendship, redemption and the spirit of Christmas conquer all.
- Being a chemist is key to his plan for redemption and as he goes along we understand where his flaws are.
- A play of cruelty and redemption, evil and hope.
- It's about the redemption of evil by self-sacrificial love.
- It's a movie that tosses around notions of racism, evil and redemption.
- Part of this whole tragedy was his fault if not all of it and the only way to redemption was to save the innocent life of one boy even at the cost of his own.
- But the heart of man the bible says, is still wicked and evil and needs redemption.
- When we rebuke or expose an evil, we have the duty to hope for the redemption, not the condemnation, of the sinner.
- There is absolutely no hope of redemption, now, so just give up.
- The film however plays down overt preaching, treating the themes of good, evil, sacrifice and redemption as the kind of cornerstones that any classic drama is built on.
Synonyms saving, saving/freeing from sin, vindication, absolution - 1.1in singular A thing that saves someone from error or evil.
his marginalization from the Hollywood jungle proved to be his redemption Example sentencesExamples - He finds a redemption of sorts when he recovers his family, loses a foot to his disease, and in the end decides he doesn't want to die after all.
- The other male characters in this book are denied such a fiery redemption, though they all have an inchoate sense that there is hope out there somewhere.
- Understand that the redemption in this title is not what saves us from violence but what propels us toward it.
- Chapman has said he would like to be a farmer on his release and spread the word about his spiritual redemption.
- And, this is in some way, sort of like a redemption.
- Yet her new work displays an inner peace borne of hard knocks and a harder-earned redemption.
2The action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt. the peasants found the terms of redemption unattractive Example sentencesExamples - Since the redemption was to be accomplished through an amendment to the Trust Indenture, acceptance by holders holding two-thirds of the Debentures was required.
- ‘If managers expect heavy redemptions, they may hold more cash than they normally do,’ says Johnson.
- First, he says that he had, in the circumstances, a right to redemption of weekly payments.
- About 22 per cent of those targeted responded, said Ferguson, and the redemption on samples hit 80 per cent.
- Neither was that interest paid on redemption of the shares.
- Cash bonuses, including redemptions of loan stock, paid by the Board over the past 10 years amount to more than €90 million.
- Including nonrecurring charges and extraordinary gains from bond redemptions, the total net loss for fiscal 2001 was $98.9 million.
- Can you help to speed up a repayment of £200.21 due from Barclays bank, following the redemption of our mortgage?
- ‘I was impressed that net cash redemptions weren't larger,’ he says, adding that some bond funds and money-market funds had record inflows.
- Therefore, the clearing system and the clients of other banks demanding redemption set narrow limits to the issuing of fiduciary media.
- Under such constraints, the consolidation of airport finances was achieved through a general policy of applying operating surpluses to supplementary debt redemption.
- The schemes have come in for redemption and the Securities and Exchange Board of India has directed Indian Bank Mutual Fund to formulate a method of meeting payment commitments.
- A poison put gives the bond holder the right to call for early redemption of the bond for cash or shares.
- The par amount is the capital sum that will be paid when the bond is due for redemption.
- Thus the discount is not regarded as disguised interest and the obligations to repurchase bad debts are not viewed as disguised rights of redemption.
- Buying the shares later to fulfill the bond redemption was preferred to paying cash to the bondholders because the share price was declining.
- This early redemption is simply a must, considering the terms of issuance and sale of these bonds, he said.
- If you hold the gilt until redemption, the gain of £20 would be tax-free.
- The Government is poised for the redemption of securities maturing during the next few months.
- It is not in dispute that the securitization transaction constituted a refunding operation in that the proceeds of the securitization were applied toward the redemption of the Bonds.
Synonyms retrieval, recovery, reclamation, repossession, recoupment, return, rescue repurchase exchange, swapping, bartering, cashing in, conversion, return, trade-in paying off, paying back, discharge, clearing, squaring, honouring archaic quittance fulfilment, carrying out, discharge, making good, execution, performing, accomplishment, achievement, observance, honouring, meeting, satisfying, adherence to - 2.1archaic The action of buying one's freedom.
soldiers who were captured had to seek redemption as modifier serfs began paying redemption dues
Phrases beyond (or past) redemption Too bad to be improved or saved. the game was beyond redemption in the 69th minute Example sentencesExamples - He called Sunday's election a ‘farce,’ ‘rigged,’ and ‘flawed beyond redemption.’
- He finds himself beyond rescue, beyond redemption, and beyond anything that life can do to him.
- The U.S. corporate press is now corrupt beyond redemption.
- They may have made a mistake, but no one is (well, at least very few are) totally beyond redemption, as my story clearly illustrates.
- I am much saddened that it has been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent that it is now surely beyond redemption.
- But if anything, Frankie is portrayed as beyond hope, beyond redemption.
- Well, the country is in serious economic trouble, but it is not yet beyond redemption.
- Unlike some of his neighbours, however, he does not believe the party is beyond redemption.
- This time he believes the situation is not beyond redemption.
- ‘They are beyond redemption - politically, they're damned,’ he says.
Synonyms inveterate, habitual, confirmed, hardened
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin redemptio(n-), from redimere 'buy back' (see redeem). Definition of redemption in US English: redemptionnounrəˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)nrəˈdem(p)SH(ə)n 1The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. God's plans for the redemption of his world Example sentencesExamples - I don't know, maybe I should use a theme of redemption from evil, or overbooking airline reservations, or something like that.
- The African people are looking to their leaders for the redemption of the continent from what has plagued it for so long.
- It's about the redemption of evil by self-sacrificial love.
- Chasing a desire ‘to live and to die’ in Paris, and unable to find spiritual redemption, she eventually drinks poison.
- Every soul can be saved, and everyone is capable of redemption.
- You have to believe in the redemption of mankind.
- You no longer have to make sacrifices in somebody else's name, trying to get yourself saved or to earn redemption.
- It's a movie that tosses around notions of racism, evil and redemption.
- Why must he tug on my heartstrings, moving me to tears, when there could be no redemption, no saving me?
- Part of this whole tragedy was his fault if not all of it and the only way to redemption was to save the innocent life of one boy even at the cost of his own.
- There is absolutely no hope of redemption, now, so just give up.
- For once a population is deemed evil, with no hope of redemption, its members have little left to lose.
- I wanted redemption, instead, I've just added one evil onto another.
- Fortunately, the powers of friendship, redemption and the spirit of Christmas conquer all.
- Being a chemist is key to his plan for redemption and as he goes along we understand where his flaws are.
- When we rebuke or expose an evil, we have the duty to hope for the redemption, not the condemnation, of the sinner.
- But the heart of man the bible says, is still wicked and evil and needs redemption.
- The film however plays down overt preaching, treating the themes of good, evil, sacrifice and redemption as the kind of cornerstones that any classic drama is built on.
- A play of cruelty and redemption, evil and hope.
- There would be some vindication, some redemption, some soul-cleansing.
Synonyms saving, freeing from sin, saving from sin, vindication, absolution - 1.1in singular A thing that saves someone from error or evil.
his marginalization from the Hollywood jungle proved to be his redemption Example sentencesExamples - And, this is in some way, sort of like a redemption.
- The other male characters in this book are denied such a fiery redemption, though they all have an inchoate sense that there is hope out there somewhere.
- He finds a redemption of sorts when he recovers his family, loses a foot to his disease, and in the end decides he doesn't want to die after all.
- Chapman has said he would like to be a farmer on his release and spread the word about his spiritual redemption.
- Understand that the redemption in this title is not what saves us from violence but what propels us toward it.
- Yet her new work displays an inner peace borne of hard knocks and a harder-earned redemption.
2The action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt. Example sentencesExamples - Including nonrecurring charges and extraordinary gains from bond redemptions, the total net loss for fiscal 2001 was $98.9 million.
- Can you help to speed up a repayment of £200.21 due from Barclays bank, following the redemption of our mortgage?
- If you hold the gilt until redemption, the gain of £20 would be tax-free.
- About 22 per cent of those targeted responded, said Ferguson, and the redemption on samples hit 80 per cent.
- ‘I was impressed that net cash redemptions weren't larger,’ he says, adding that some bond funds and money-market funds had record inflows.
- Therefore, the clearing system and the clients of other banks demanding redemption set narrow limits to the issuing of fiduciary media.
- Thus the discount is not regarded as disguised interest and the obligations to repurchase bad debts are not viewed as disguised rights of redemption.
- Cash bonuses, including redemptions of loan stock, paid by the Board over the past 10 years amount to more than €90 million.
- Neither was that interest paid on redemption of the shares.
- This early redemption is simply a must, considering the terms of issuance and sale of these bonds, he said.
- The par amount is the capital sum that will be paid when the bond is due for redemption.
- ‘If managers expect heavy redemptions, they may hold more cash than they normally do,’ says Johnson.
- It is not in dispute that the securitization transaction constituted a refunding operation in that the proceeds of the securitization were applied toward the redemption of the Bonds.
- Under such constraints, the consolidation of airport finances was achieved through a general policy of applying operating surpluses to supplementary debt redemption.
- A poison put gives the bond holder the right to call for early redemption of the bond for cash or shares.
- Since the redemption was to be accomplished through an amendment to the Trust Indenture, acceptance by holders holding two-thirds of the Debentures was required.
- Buying the shares later to fulfill the bond redemption was preferred to paying cash to the bondholders because the share price was declining.
- The schemes have come in for redemption and the Securities and Exchange Board of India has directed Indian Bank Mutual Fund to formulate a method of meeting payment commitments.
- First, he says that he had, in the circumstances, a right to redemption of weekly payments.
- The Government is poised for the redemption of securities maturing during the next few months.
Synonyms retrieval, recovery, reclamation, repossession, recoupment, return, rescue exchange, swapping, bartering, cashing in, conversion, return, trade-in paying off, paying back, discharge, clearing, squaring, honouring fulfilment, carrying out, discharge, making good, execution, performing, accomplishment, achievement, observance, honouring, meeting, satisfying, adherence to - 2.1archaic The action of buying one's freedom.
Phrases beyond (or past) redemption (of a person or thing) too bad to be improved or saved. Example sentencesExamples - I am much saddened that it has been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent that it is now surely beyond redemption.
- He finds himself beyond rescue, beyond redemption, and beyond anything that life can do to him.
- The U.S. corporate press is now corrupt beyond redemption.
- Well, the country is in serious economic trouble, but it is not yet beyond redemption.
- He called Sunday's election a ‘farce,’ ‘rigged,’ and ‘flawed beyond redemption.’
- ‘They are beyond redemption - politically, they're damned,’ he says.
- They may have made a mistake, but no one is (well, at least very few are) totally beyond redemption, as my story clearly illustrates.
- Unlike some of his neighbours, however, he does not believe the party is beyond redemption.
- But if anything, Frankie is portrayed as beyond hope, beyond redemption.
- This time he believes the situation is not beyond redemption.
Synonyms inveterate, habitual, confirmed, hardened
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin redemptio(n-), from redimere ‘buy back’ (see redeem). |