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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
Redeeming The OnePay CashRewards Card offers limited redemption options and requires a minimum of 25 points to activate.
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
In the process, secrets about the grandmother’s complicated past come to light, offering her opportunity for redemption.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Cleveland ended up winning the division, but Detroit gained a measure of redemption by ousting the Guardians in a three-game wild card Series before suffering their own early exit by falling in five games to the Seattle Mariners in the division series round.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Scaroni struggled in last year’s race with a flat tire at mile 3, so this year’s win provided redemption.
—Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
In the process, secrets about the grandmother’s complicated past come to light, offering her opportunity for redemption.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Cleveland ended up winning the division, but Detroit gained a measure of redemption by ousting the Guardians in a three-game wild card Series before suffering their own early exit by falling in five games to the Seattle Mariners in the division series round.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Scaroni struggled in last year’s race with a flat tire at mile 3, so this year’s win provided redemption.
—Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redemption
Noun
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Don’t ask for permission, beg for forgiveness.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Becoming a psychologist taught me a great deal about healing, forgiveness and grace – and how all of that must start with ourselves.—
Angela Kenzslowe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Baker says his salvation was an email sent out on behalf of the PFA in the summer of 2024.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Amid the town’s oppressive atmosphere, Elma’s colleague Saevar could provide salvation.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tokyo ‘Art Deco and Fashion‘ Capturing the essence of female emancipation through fashion is Tokyo’s Mitsubishi Ichigokan, a museum designed in 1894 by the English architect Josiah Conder.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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One answer was to build a Jewish state; the other, to fight for the emancipation of all oppressed people through universalist, often left-wing, politics.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fame is perhaps this tower, an ultimate entrapment in the self that is also a deliverance from it.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Redemption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redemption. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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