REDEMPTION Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

redemption

noun

Definition of redemption

as in forgiveness

freedom from guilt or blame for having done something wrong Redemption for your actions will only come after a lot of apologizing.

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as in salvation

the act of releasing (someone) from servitude to another The redemption of slaves was a major issue in the Civil War.

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Recent Examples of redemption Yet now, Simmons finds himself with a chance at NBA redemption. — Sam Amick, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 California law requires that retailers upon request offer cash redemptions on gift cards with less than $15 of remaining balance. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Voldemort, Harry Potter Cruel with no hope of redemption, Harry Potter‘s nemesis (Ralph Fiennes in the films) is an old-school unrepentant, power-hungry, control freak. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 Senior quarterback Jameson Purcell was looking for redemption. — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for redemption

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Noun

When Fyodor drags himself on the floor, begging for forgiveness or a bit more money to play roulette, the gesture straddles the line between humor and intense discomfort — veering into cringe comedy.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
This is given an almost mystical significance, made all the more ridiculous when an actual priest gives a sermon using the brothers as an object lesson in the value of forgiveness.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of forgiveness

Noun

Preachers and patricians constantly warned that, if allowed to live unchecked in the city, Jews would ‘infect’ the Christian faithful, poisoning the minds of the pious and stealing souls away from salvation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
From despair to salvation and then back again, the picture at the end of Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United was of flailing limbs, both on the touchline, as players mobbed late, late equaliser-scorer Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and in the stands.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of salvation

Noun

To Karice, that meant Samuel, Sarah's older brother, was born before emancipation.

— Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
The year 1933, Arendt contended, marked the close of the age of bourgeois emancipation and Jewish liberation, which brought an end to a feeling of security in the West and signaled that the new sense of security in the East was a pipe dream.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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