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redemption|rɪˈdɛm(p)ʃən|
Also 4–6 -cio(u)n, -cyo(u)n, etc., 5–6 redemcion, 6–7 redemtion.
[a. F. rédemption (12th c. in Littré), or ad. L. redemptiōn-em, n. of action f. redimĕre to redeem.]
1. a. Deliverance from sin and its consequences by the atonement of Jesus Christ.
a1340Hampole Psalter xx. 1 Swa þat we be parcenel in his redempcioun. 1340― Pr. Consc. 7251 ‘Ffor in hell’, he says, ‘es na redempcyoune’. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 161 God ȝaf his sone to make it free, for noon oþer redempcioun was ynowȝ for mannis synne. 1426Audelay Poems 55 In tyme of his passcion, Here fore our redemcion, His blesful blod he bled. 1509Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 307 Byleuynge that he..came in to this worlde for the redempcyon of synners. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. ii. 129 Oh Villains, Vipers, damn'd without redemption. 1603― Meas. for M. v. i. 29 You bid me seeke redemption of the diuell. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 408 Proclaming Life to all who shall believe In his redemption. 1777Blair Serm. (1810) I. v. 83 This was the hour in which Christ..accomplished our eternal redemption. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 191 The doctrine of original sin, on which the whole scheme of redemption rests. 1884J. Tait Mind in Matter (1892) 228 Miracles and prophecy..bore directly or indirectly on one point,—redemption.
b. Year of Redemption = Anno Domini.
1513More in Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 756 The .ix. day of Aprill, the year of our redemption .1463. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 60 Who died within the yeere of our Redemption, Foure hundred twentie six. 1835W. Irving Conq. Spain i, Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne.
2. a. The action of freeing a prisoner, captive, or slave by payment; ransom.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 80 (108) Ye haue now kaught & fetered in preson Troians y-nowe, and yf youre wille be, My chyld with on may haue redempcion. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 21 Pirrus..sende to Rome his prisoners withowte eny redempcion. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 269 That thei schuld gader a certeyn summe for her lordis redempcion. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 219 b, They shoulde bee slayne withoute redemption, whersoever they were found. 1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 138 Of being taken by the Insolent Foe, And sold to slauery. Of my redemption thence. 1671Milton Samson 1482 For his redemption all my Patrimony, If need be, I am ready to forgo. 1709Steele Tatler No. 105 ⁋2 Which purchased his Redemption out of the Hands of the Bailiffs. 1785Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 477 Mr. Adams..and myself have agreed to authorize the bearer hereof..to treat for your redemption. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. iii. v. (1864) II. 47 The redemption of captives—that is the repurchase of slaves in order to restore them to freedom—is esteemed an act of piety.
b. Jewish Law. The ceremony of redeeming the eldest son by an offering (Numb. xviii. 15).
14..in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 132 Lyke as the custom of the law was Sche mekely made hys redempcion. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 83 The ceremony of the Redemption of her grandson.
3. a. The action of freeing, delivering, or restoring in some way. without redemption or past redemption: without or beyond the possibility of deliverance, recovery, or restoration.
c1470Henry Wallace viii. 1261 The flour of France, withoutyn redempcioun, Throuch that foull deid, was brocht to confusioun. 1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 175, I shall for the redemption of such as are deceived by it [etc.]. 1769Burke Late State Nation Wks. II. 95 The great ground⁓work of his plan for the national redemption. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxlv, Rome and her Ruin [are] past Redemption's skill. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxii, Though our contract is at an end, and broken past all redemption. 1851Gallenga Italy 441 The battle of Custoza..might have marked the day of redemption for Italy.
b. Improving (of time); reclaiming (of land).
1755Young Centaur ii. Wks. 1757 IV. 147 Have you never heard, my good Ladies, of the redemption of time? 1862D. Wilson Preh. Man ii. 37 Spots mapped off for redemption from river or lake.
c. That which redeems; a redeeming feature.
1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 72 The improvement in literary studies and pursuits which was one of the redemptions of his reign. 1863Cowden Clarke Shaks. Char. v. 128 Roderigo has so much of redemption in him, that we commiserate his weakness.
4. a. The action of redeeming oneself from punishment; way or means of doing this; atonement made for a crime or offence.
1553Duke of Northumberland in Four C. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 Alas, my lord is my cryme so heynous as noe redemcion but my blood can washe awaye the spottes thereof? 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 113 Lawfull mercie Is nothing kin to fowle redemption. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xxxix. (1739) 59 If the circumstances favoured the Delinquent, he was admitted to redemption of Life or Member, by Fine. 1800Asiatic Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 335/1 If he be able to purchase the redemption of his crime, that redemption shall be facilitated. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country iii. 301 Vanity Was ended: its redemption must begin—And, certain, would continue.
†b. A recompense. Obs. rare—1.
1625Bacon Ess., Envy (Arb.) 512 They..thinke other Mens Harmes a Redemption of their owne Sufferings.
5. The fact of obtaining a privileged status, or admission to a society, by means of purchase.
c1500in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 89 That noo man com in to bee made free of this Citee by redempcion wythout he bee borne under the dominacion of our Soueraigne Lorde the Kyng. 1606in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. iii. 162 It is ordered that [he].. shalbe made free of this Cittye by Redempcion in the Companie of barborsurgeons. 1884Times 28 June 6 It is only possible to become a member of a Livery Company by patrimony, by apprenticeship, or by redemption, which last means by purchase or gift.
6. The action of clearing off a recurring liability or charge by payment of a single sum.
1494Fabyan Chron. vi. ccvi. 218 Canutus..redemed the scole of Saxons, fre of all former trybute graunted..; whiche redempcyon of trybute..was called Rome Scot. 1523Churchw. Acc. St. Giles', Reading 19 Paid to Thomas Burard for redemption of the new rents vijli. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 500 Whatever the amount might be, at the period fixed by Parliament for the redemption of the annuity, it should be applied in or towards that redemption. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. App. 751 Florence describes his alms and his redemption of the tolls by which pilgrims were troubled.
7. The action of redeeming or buying back from another, in various applications. equity of redemption: see equity 5 b.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 109 b, The tributes and other paimentes, whiche he should paie to the kyng of Englande, for redempcion of Tornay. 1563–4Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 262 [He] grantis the saidis landis..to be lauchfullie redemit..and oblissis him to warrand the said redemptioun. 1611Bible Lev. xxv. 24 In all the land of your possession, ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iii. xi. (1715) 100 Whence it appears, that Redemption of the Dead was practis'd in those Days. 1734Act 7 Geo. II, c. 20 (title) An Act for the more easy Redemption and Foreclosure of Mortgages. 1752Fielding Amelia Wks. 1775 X. 20 The first thing, after redemption of the coat..was to supply himself with snuff. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 829 The order of redemption is prescribed by the clause of redemption in the redeemable right. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. xxxiv, This crude young gentleman, who apparently supposed that redemption was a satisfaction to pawnbrokers.
8. attrib., as redemption fee, redemption money, redemption work; redemption yield, the yield of a stock calculated as a percentage of the redemption price and allowing for any capital gain or loss which that price represents relative to the current price.
1535Coverdale Num. iii. 49 Then toke Moses y⊇ redempcion money. 1828–40Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 145 Levying from the towns and monasteries..large sums of redemption money. 1859G. Bush On Swedenborg's Doctr. (1875) 42 The sum total of these conquests constituted his redemption-work. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 498 Without claiming the redemption fees as they become due. 1948G. Crowther Outl. Money (ed. 2) ii. 74 If the price of this bond in the market is 101, that means that for every {pstlg}101 invested now, the purchaser will get {pstlg}6 in interest, but he will also lose {pstlg}1 in capital value—that is to say, the ‘redemption yield’ is 2½ per cent per annum. 1972Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 24 The redemption yield is defined as that rate of interest at which the present price is made to equal the present discounted value of the future stream of interest payments plus the present discounted value of the eventual capital repayment. The rate of interest used for the purpose of discounting these future interest and capital values is the redemption yield rate of interest itself. 1973Ibid. 7 Mar. 21 At the issue price of {pstlg}99½ the 1980 stock will give a running yield of 9·05 p.c. and a gross redemption yield of 9·10 p.c. to 1980.
Hence reˈdemptional a., of or belonging to redemption.
1840De Quincey Essenes Wks. 1859 X. 261 There might still have remained the great redemptional and mediatorial functions for Christ. 1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 174 Not only is all religion redemptional in its principal interests.., but it is the only redemptional attribute. |