- (formal) the act of saving or state of being saved from the power of evil; the act of redeeming
- the redemption of the world from sin
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc2- She believes that humanity is in need of redemption.
- redemption from evil
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + redemption- be in need of
- need
- seek
- …
- beyond redemption
- redemption from
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- (finance) the act of exchanging shares for money (= of redeeming them)
- A charge is payable on redemption.
- There is a fee for early redemption.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin redemptio(n-), from redimere ‘buy back’, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.
Idioms
See redemption in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee redemption in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbeyond/past redemption
- too bad to be saved or improved
- After another incident at the weekend, the club's reputation for violence is beyond redemption.
- Washington journalism is corrupt beyond redemption.
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