| 单词 | redemption |
| 释义 | redemption —redemptional, adj. —redemptionless, adj. /ri demp"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed. 2. deliverance; rescue. 3. Theol. deliverance from sin; salvation. 4. atonement for guilt. 5. repurchase, as of something sold. 6. paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note. 7. recovery by payment, as of something pledged. 8. conversion of paper money into specie. [1300-50; ME redempcioun ( < MF redemption) < LL redemption- (s. of redemptio), equiv. to L redempt(us) (ptp. of redimere to REDEEM) + -ion- -ION] |
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