redemption

redemption is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
2. noun. The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.
3. noun. Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
4. noun. The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
5. noun. the act of purchasing back something previously sold

   Synonyms: buyback, repurchase

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

   Synonyms: salvation

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

Synonyms

buyback, repurchase, salvation

Common word forms

redemptions, redemptional, redemptioner, redemptionless

Words from these letters

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