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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
The Hyatt chain has many aspirational hotels, and its loyalty program often has high-value redemptions.
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Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
Receive your redemption code—and instructions to redeem the code for the product—via email immediately after purchase.
—New Atlas, 30 Apr. 2025
In numerous podcast appearances, Mr. Herro has recounted his life’s redemption arc, describing a wild youth in which he was charged with marijuana possession and spent a couple of weeks in a Wisconsin jail.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
All have done bad things but have to look at the darkness inside for the sake of redemption.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for redemption
Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
Receive your redemption code—and instructions to redeem the code for the product—via email immediately after purchase.
—New Atlas, 30 Apr. 2025
In numerous podcast appearances, Mr. Herro has recounted his life’s redemption arc, describing a wild youth in which he was charged with marijuana possession and spent a couple of weeks in a Wisconsin jail.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
All have done bad things but have to look at the darkness inside for the sake of redemption.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for redemption
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redemption
Noun
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The attack on student loan forgiveness programs is three-pronged.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The consolidated loan will be eligible for deferment, forbearance and loan forgiveness.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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Image Image Image In early Christianity, the keys were largely a theological symbol of forgiveness, and that in giving Peter the keys, Jesus was offering salvation to people.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Rather than using the salvation of Tommy as an excuse to inadvertently kill those who wronged her, Ellie’s bloodlust is on full display to Dina.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 May 2025
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The South, for its part, responded in kind: secession swiftly forged a fractured region into a reactive unity, bound by fear of emancipation and faith in a mythic agrarian freedom.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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By definition, the eight-day Passover commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wine • Four glasses of wine are poured to represent the four stages of the Exodus: freedom, deliverance, redemption and release.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
11 Apr. 2025
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His corpse is down the street from a brothel, and below a billboard advertisement for a priest who promises miracles and deliverance.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Redemption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redemption. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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