- redemption, salvation - (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
--1 is a kind of rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
--1 has particulars:absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin; conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth; expiation, atonement, propitiation Derived form: verb redeem1 - redemption - repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
--2 is a kind of repayment, quittance
Derived form: verb redeem3 - redemption, repurchase, buyback - the act of purchasing back something previously sold
--3 is a kind of purchase
Derived form: verb redeem2