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Redemption

/ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/

The act of redeeming or something redeemed.

📖 Definitions of "Redemption"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of redeeming or something redeemed.

  2. 2

    The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.

  3. 3

    Salvation from sin.

  4. 4

    Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

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salvationnoun(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
repurchasenounTo buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
buybacknounThe repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.

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repurchasenounThe act of repurchasing.
buybacknounThe repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
salvationnoun(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
refundnounAn amount of money returned.
repaymentnounThe act of repaying.
rebatenounA deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
reimburseverbTo compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
recoverynounA return to normal health.
restitutionnounThe act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
defrayalnounThe act of defraying.
reinstatementnounThe act of restoring something to its previous state.
returnnounThe act of returning.
rescuenounAn act or episode of rescuing, saving.
reponoun(countable, finance, informal) Clipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate, or to buy something back that was sold.
claimnounA new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
disbursementnounMoney paid out or spent.
refoulementnoun(international law) (uncountable) The involuntary sending of refugees or asylum seekers to their country of origin or another one, where they are likely to face persecution and harm.
acquisitionnounThe act or process of acquiring.
ransomnounMoney paid for the freeing of a hostage.
bailoutnounA rescue, especially a financial rescue.

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