redemptionn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈdɛm(p)ʃn/, U.S.

/rəˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)n/,

/riˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English redemcioun, Middle English redempcon, Middle English redempcyoune, Middle English–1500s redemcion, Middle English–1500s redempcioun, Middle English–1500s redempcyon, Middle English–1500s redempcyoun, Middle English–1600s redempcion, Middle English– redemption, 1500s redemtyon, 1500s–1600s redemtion; Scottish pre-1700 redamtioun, pre-1700 redemcioun, pre-1700 redempcion, pre-1700 redempcione, pre-1700 redempcioun, pre-1700 redempcioune, pre-1700 redempcoun, pre-1700 redemptione, pre-1700 redemptioun, pre-1700 redemptioune, pre-1700 redemptiounn, pre-1700 redemptyown, pre-1700 redemptyowne, pre-1700 redemtion, pre-1700 redemtione, pre-1700 1700s– redemption.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French redemption; Latin redemptiōn-, redemptiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman redempcioun, redempciun, redemptioun, redemptiun, redemcioun, redemtiun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French redempcion, redemption (French rédemption ) deliverance from sin and its consequences, salvation (end of the 10th cent. in Old French), action of freeing a prisoner or captive by payment (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), payment in order to ransom a person or thing (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), action of discharging or paying off a debt, obligation, or charge (1342 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.), deliverance, restoration (1369) and its etymon classical Latin redemptiōn-, redemptiō act of buying, purchase, purchase of a contract, (corrupt) purchase (of a judicial decision, etc.), act of ransoming, in post-classical Latin also deliverance from sin and its consequences (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), price of ransom (6th cent.) < redempt- , past participial stem of redimere redeem v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan redempció (c1345), Catalan redempció (1373), Spanish redención (1107; also †redempción ), Portuguese redenção (15th cent. as †redemção ), Italian redenzione (a1294). Compare earlier ransom n. and the Romance nouns cited at that entry.

a. The action of freeing a prisoner, captive, or slave by payment; the fact of being freed in this way. Also occasionally: the payment itself.Also in extended use with reference to the bodies of those killed in battle and held by the enemy.

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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun]

alesingOE

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [noun] > ransoming

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finance makingc1475

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 6 Ant thulke..sullen ben iiuged to þe kinges prison, ant fram þat maken redempcioun, after þe quantite ant te maner of þe tressepas.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 395 (MED) Hercules..fenge þe armure of þe queene in prys of redempcioun.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1895) iv. l. 108 Ȝe haue now kaught and fetered in prisoune, Troians ynowe and if ȝoure willes be, My childe with oon may han redempcioun.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 211 Þat þei schuld gader a certeyn summe for her lordis redempcion.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 21 Pirrus..occupiede Ytaly and sende to Rome his prisoners withowte eny redempcion [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. raunsoun; L. pretio].

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 89^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Redem(p)tio(u)n(e Ordur of the halie trinite heir beguth in redemptioun of presonaris.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxix^v They shoulde bee slayne withoute redemption, whersoeuer they were founde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 137 Of being taken by the insolent foe: And sold to slauery, and my redemption thence.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1482 For his redemption all my Patrimony, If need be, I am ready to forgo.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xi. 110 Whence it appears, that Redemption of the Dead was practis'd in those Days.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 105. ⁋2 Which purchased his Redemption out of the Hands of the Bailiffs.

1785 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Nov. in Papers (1954) IX. 17 Mr. Adams..and myself have agreed to authorise the bearer hereof..to treat for your redemption.

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens i. viii. 119 They all agreed in selecting only one portion of time, from the insult of Achilles to the redemption of the body of Hector.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 387 The redemption of captives—that is the repurchase of slaves in order to restore them to freedom—is esteemed an act of piety.

1916 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 3 396 The redemption of captives was another work which engaged the pious solicitude of the Church.

1965 Huntington Libr. Q. 29 39 Many slaves actually languished out their days with no hope of escape or redemption.

1992 W. C. Placher & D. Willis-Watkins Belonging to God 80 A slave cannot be freed without paying a redemption.

2008 Houston (Texas) Chron. (Nexis) 10 Apr. 14 Patrick..is helping to coordinate a fundraiser for the redemption of African slaves living in Sudan.

b. Judaism. The symbolic redeeming of one's firstborn son from a priest; the ceremony at which this occurs. See Pidyon Haben n.

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society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Jewish > [noun]

redemptionc1450

Kaddish1613

Mincha1641

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Maariv1871

Pidyon Haben1879

tashlich1880

shehecheyanu1892

nusach1947

c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) vi. 135 (MED) For that criste was the first born..Therfore his mothir..Hir offringe made list not for to striue For hym ayeyne to pay shillynges fyfe, Liche as the custome of the lawe was, She mekely made his redempcion.

1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers xviii. 16 The Hebrewes hold that this redemption of the son, might be eyther with money, or moneyes worth.

1797 D. Levi Def. Old Test. iv. 86 On this destruction of the first born of the Egyptians, was instituted the ceremony of the redemption of the first born of the Hebrews.

1890 A. Edersheim Jesus the Messiah (ed. 2) iv. 19 It was a thing much dreaded that the child should die before his redemption.

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 83 The ceremony of the Redemption of her grandson.

1940 Jewish Q. Rev. 31 163 He received the regular ‘fifth’ poll tax..as well as the fee for redemption of the first born.

1971 A. E. Millgram Jewish Worship (1975) xii. 322 A ritual as ancient as the berith milah is the pidyon haben, the redemption of the firstborn male child.

1995 L. Jacobs Jewish Relig. 168/2 If no silver is available the redemption can be carried out with anything worth an equivalent amount.

a. Theology. Deliverance from sin and damnation, esp. by the atonement of Christ; salvation.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 68 Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid and maad redempcioun [L. redemptionem] of his peple.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 50 (MED) In tyme of His passion, Here fore oure redemcion His blesful blod He bled.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 474 Cherubyn..stood, Whos swerd was bloudyd with the blood Off Crystys holy passyon Whan he made our Redempcion.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xx. 1 That is cristes ioy and gladnes, that we doe swa that we be parceuel in his redempcioun.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv ^v Byleuynge that he..came in to this worlde for y^e redempcyon of synners.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 29 You bid me seeke redemption of the diuell.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 408 Proclaming Life to all who shall believe In his redemption .

1702 Direct. Leading Devout Life i. 2 Be thankful for your own and the Worlds preservation; but chiefly for the Redemption by Jesus Christ.

1777 H. Blair Serm. I. v. 120 This was the hour in which Christ..accomplished our eternal redemption.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 191 The doctrine of original sin, on which the whole scheme of redemption rests.

1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 228 Miracles and prophecy,..bore directly or indirectly on one object,—redemption.

1947 M. E. Boylan This Tremendous Lover (new ed.) ii. 18 The mystery of the Incarnation was to be the beginning of God's redemption of His fallen creatures.

1994 Asian Theatre Jrnl. 11 267 The meaning of kafir as ‘heathen’ also establishes a potential for redemption through surrender to Allah.

2007 Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise (Nexis) 28 July She gets an invitation from an angel that she encounters to go inside [the church] and seek redemption through Jesus.

b. the year of (our) redemption: (preceding a date and usually with in) Anno Domini, in the year (now rare).

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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > period with own chronological system or era > particular year in Christian era

year of gracec1325

(in) the year of our Lord (also our Lord God, our Lord's incarnation)1389

the year of Christc1392

Anno Dom.1438

year1482

anno1484

Anno Domini1485

the year of (our) redemption1513

A.D.1556

year of (man's) salvation1560

1513 T. More in R. Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 756 The .ix. day of Aprill, the year of our redemption .1463.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 60 Who died within the yeere of our Redemption, Foure hundred twentie six.

1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 60 In the yeare of Redemption 1625. there was digg'd up in a Village of China call'd Sanxuen, a square stone.

1746 W. R. Chetwood Tour through Ireland iv. 85 The Cathedral, St. Finbar's or St. Barry's, was built by St. Finbar, the first Bishop of this Diocese, in the Year of Redemption 630.

1796 J. Tickell Hist. Town & County Kingston upon Hull iv. 816 This covenant..was transacted on the 22d day of July..in the year of redemption 1643.

1835 W. Irving Legends Conq. Spain i Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne.

1861 R. K. Philp Dict. Useful Knowl. III. 1154/2 Bithynia, where the august and venerable body of prelates and clergy assembled in the year of redemption 325 to arrange and fix a definite code of religious worship.

1920 A. Ingham Cheshire iv. 40 An..oak reredos..in memory of Mary Adeline, and Margaret Elsie Royds.., ‘who caused this reredos to be made when the altar was reinstated on its ancient site in the year of our Redemption 1906’.

a. Expiation or atonement for a crime, sin, or offence; release from punishment.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun]

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun]

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a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 87 Drede of deeþ trowbleth me..for in helle is no redempcion.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 161 (MED) God ȝaf his sone to make it free, for noon oþer redempcioun was ynowȝ for mannis synne.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6661 (MED) His temple..Was þoruȝ his deth..violat; Wherfore þer muste þoruȝ redempcioun By blood ageyn be made satisfaccioun.

1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. f. cxii There is one onely sacrifice of redempcion for sinnes before god, appeasyng the yre of god & satisfying vnto god.

1553 Duke of Northumberland in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 Alas, my lord is my cryme so heynous as noe redemcion but my blood can washe awaye the spottes thereof?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 114 Lawfull mercie, Is nothing kin to fowle redemption .

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 94 If the circumstances favoured the delinquent he was admitted to redemption of life or member, by fine.

a1771 J. Gill Compl. Body Doctrinal & Pract. Divinity (1796) II. iii. 168 The price of redemption, which is the blood of Christ, was paid unto God, whereby redemption from vindictive justice was obtained.

1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 212/1 All who were only suspected of defrauding the revenue..were immediate objects of their inquisition, and had no redemption from their decree.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 335/1 If he be able to purchase the redemption of his crime, that redemption shall be facilitated.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 164 Vanity Was ended: its redemption must begin—And, certain, would continue.

1946 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 35 499 An imperial decree ordered that officials in service who committed a public offence were allowed to make redemption.

1973 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 121 456 Such blindness..is enough to be accounted infirmity, which is all he needs to be granted redemption for this particular crime.

2001 D. Robinson Bandits, Eunuchs, & Son of Heaven iii. 67 Apprehending criminals..afforded opportunities for redemption for past offenses.

b. A recompense, a compensation.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > that which is given

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1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 43 They..thinke other Mens Harmes, a Redemption, of their owne Sufferings.

1856 T. Tayler Law Gloss. (ed. 4) 489 Weregild, a fine paid in the reign of all the kings in as a redemption for committing homicide.

1981 M. Charney Sexual Fiction iii. 63 She offers her pain as a redemption for her sins.

2006 M. Mart Eye on Israel ii. 45 The narrative that described Israel as a redemption for the Holocaust.

4. Purchase of membership of a society, guild, or company. Chiefly by redemption.

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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > purchase of status or membership

redemption1418

society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > redemption

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1418 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 197 Ȝyf any othyr man that is Freman of othyr craft, or ellys be redempcioun Freyd of the same Craft, he shall nouȝt be resseyuyd in-to the forseyd Fraternite.

1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 313 (MED) If ony man shall be resseyued into the craft & maad free bi redempcioun, that it be doon bi the assent of alle the iiij maistris.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxi^v/2 That noo man com in to bee made free of this citee by redempcion wythout he bee bore vnder the dominacion of our soueraigne lorde the kyng.

1606 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 162 It is ordered that [he]..shalbe made free of this Cittye by Redempcion in the Companie of barborsurgeons.

1676 J. Brydall Camera Regis xv. 90 One may be a Freeman of London three manner of wayes, viz. 1. By service, as in the Case of Apprenticeship. 2. By Birth-Right, the Son of a Freeman. 3. By Redemption, by order of the Court of Aldermen.

1703 Resolution 6 Dec. in Orders & Resol. House Commons (1736) 46 The Right of Election of Burgesses..is only in..such as have served seven Years Apprenticeship, or are made Freemen by Redemption.

1792 Proc. Soc. Friends in Polit. Papers, Attempt Ref. Parl. Great-Brit. III. 587 Freemen have been made by redemption or purchase.

1820 A. Male Treat. Law & Pract. Elections (ed. 2) iii. iv. 310 In the case of East Redford, it appeared that Samuel Buxton had been admitted by redemption..he was objected to as having been admitted at a court illegally constituted.

1884 Times 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.

1947 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 4th Ser. 29 163 The reduction to freemen of less notable men whose burgessdom had been acquired by redemption (i.e., purchase).

1995 P. S. Seaver in D. L. Smith et al. Theatr. City iii. 96 Redemption or purchase permitted foreign or stranger merchants and tradesman to buy and sell in London freely.

1997 S. Leigh & S. Taylor Livery Companies of City of London (Corporation of London) 31 There are three methods of seeking the freedom of the City... The first method is by servitude, or apprenticeship to a City Freeman. The second is by redemption, or purchase.

a. gen. The action of saving, delivering, or restoring a person or thing; deliverance or restoration.

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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 3434 (MED) Worldli estatis echon thei be mortall, Ther may no tresor make redempcioun.

1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 175 I shall for the redemption of such as are deceived by it [etc.].

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila 21 My Redemption from the Execution of thy Wrath.

1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 42 The great ground-work of his plan for the national redemption.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxlv. 75 Rome and her Ruin [are] past Redemption's skill.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 441 The battle of Custoza..might have marked the day of redemption for Italy.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah v. 266. After passing a million goals they press on to the goal of redemption from the flesh.

1953 Mil. Affairs 17 38/1 He presents the General's story as the fast moving passionable drama of a nation's military redemption.

2001 B. Sloan I watched Wild Hog eat my Baby iii. 53 Later that same year, the redemption and reincarnation of the Enquirer began in earnest.

b. beyond (also past, without) redemption: with no possibility of deliverance, recovery, or restoration; too bad to be improved or saved.

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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1261 The flour off France withoutyn redempcioun Throuch that foull deid was brocht to confusioun.

1569 T. Stocker tr. Plutarch Life of Demetre v, in tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iv. f. 146 After his death there remayned for him none other comforte, but likewise present death, without redemption.

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. ii. sig. C1 Vndon without redemption: he eates with picks utterly spoyld, his spirit baffell'd in him.

1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Cicilia & Clorinda iii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. 288 What have we that are your friends done? that you should afflict us thus, to see you make your self miserable beyond Redemption?

1703 Lett. from Living to Living 18 Something of ten times the value of your poor Disconsolate Brother is gone, I am afraid beyond Redemption.

1799 A. Plumptre tr. A. von Kotzebue Virgin of Sun iv. 92 Oh! Do not thus deceive yourself. Cora is past redemption lost.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxii. 119 Though our contract is at an end, and broken past all redemption.

1891 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/1 The music-hall seems beyond redemption. Its traditions are against it; it inherits from the Coal Hole and the Cider Cellars.

1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 174/2 Failures in shabby black edged with linen long past redemption.

1998 S. Abbott Love's Apprentice vi. 59 Both of them ruined by love, finally, utterly, and without redemption.

1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 93 This apartment is so very unlucky, I believe it is beyond redemption. You must move.

c. Something which redeems a person or thing; a redeeming feature.

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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy > a redeeming feature

redemption1694

saving grace1798

1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iv. i. 55 I went; but was securely first prepar'd: For this was my Redemption or my Guard.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit iii. 182 This is no Effect of another Shipwreck, but a Fragment of the unfortunate Ship, whose Loss was my Redemption.

1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 72 The improvement in literary studies and pursuits which was one of the redemptions of his reign.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 128 Roderigo has so much of redemption in him, that we commiserate his weakness.

1903 M. E. W. Freeman Six Trees 173 In the midst of the yard was a whole bouquet of spring. That was the one redemption of it all.

1950 W. Durant Age of Faith xxxix. 1067 In the epic of Dante's life..his hope and love were his redemption and his only bliss.

2002 E. White Fast Girls ii. 49 The girls I interviewed often felt that by being the slut they had been devalued;..they would never be allowed the redemption of romantic love.

a. The redeeming or buying back of something offered as a security, esp. mortgaged property or a pawned item; an instance of this.equity of redemption: see equity n. 5b.

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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > buying back or redeeming

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1469 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1469/26 And the redempcioune and lousing [of the lands] tobe maid within vij yeris as said is or nocht.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cix^v The tributes and other paimentes, whiche he should paie to the kyng of Englande, for redempcion of Tornay.

1563–4 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 262 [He] grantis the saidis landis..to be lauchfullie redemit..and oblissis him to warrand the said redemptioun.

1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxv. 24 In all the land of your possession, ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

1706 S. Carter Lex Vadiorum xiv. 185 Such Mortgagor shall have no benefit in Equity for Redemption of the Lands mortgaged.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. v. 36 The first Thing after Redemption of the Coat..was to supply himself with Snuff.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 829 The order of redemption is prescribed by the clause of redemption in the redeemable right.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiv. 355 This crude young gentleman, who apparently supposed that redemption was a satisfaction to pawnbrokers.

1930 Times 2 May 5/3 Did you pay £2,745 to pawnbroker in redemption of pledges?

1954 K. G. Crawford Canad. Munic. Govt. xvi. 327 The purchaser at a tax sale..does not receive a deed to the property until after a period of one year, or longer if the period of redemption exceeds a year.

2002 Time Out N.Y. 18 Apr. 32/2 A steady stream of curious window shoppers is drawn to the varied array of ‘out of pawn’ (that is, no longer subject to redemption by the borrower) photo gear, watches and keepsakes.

b. The action or fact of discharging or paying off a debt, obligation, or charge.

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society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > commutation or compounding

redemptiona1513

composition1570

commutation money1650

commutationa1707

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccvi. f. cxxvi^v Whiche redempcyon of Trybute..was called Rome Scot.

1523 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 19 Paid to Thomas Burard for redemption of the new rents vij^li.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 231 (MED) Godiue..inher heare hangyng beneth her knee..rode so through all the towne, To bye it free by her redempcion.

1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 205 The Renunciation, or grant of Redemption, though proceeding upon true payment, shall not be sustained without Citing the Inhibiter.

1734 Act 7 Geo. II c. 20 (title) An act for the more easy redemption and foreclosure of mortgages.

1778 R. Price Gen. Introd. Two Tracts on Civil Liberty 204 The debt, whose redemption was postponed, would bring no greater annual charge on the public, than if the same sum had been obtained by selling a capital bearing any lower interest.

1845 Merchants' Mag. Apr. 312 Whatever betides the crops, prices, and resources on which they depend for redemption of obligation..the northwestern wheat growing states increase in population, wealth, and real resources.

1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 729 Florence..describes his alms and his redemption of the tolls by which pilgrims were troubled.

1930 Econ. Jrnl. 40 252 The Lands Improvement Company may advance money for the redemption of tithes.

1968 M. Clawson Policy Direct. for U.S. Agric. xv. 224 Many personal tragedies and triumphs have arisen out of farm mortgages and their redemption.

2006 E. R. Bhatt We are Poor but so Many v. 108 Of all the banking services, redemption of old debts is the first and most vital activity.

c. Finance. The repayment of a stock, bond, or other security, esp. at the maturity date; an instance of this.

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1709 Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ 111 Redemption shall be made by Parliament of the Annuity of One hundred and six thousand five hundred and one Pounds, Thirteen Shillings, and Five Pence per Annum.

1784 S. Gale Ess. II. on Nature & Princ. Public Credit i. 8 The price to be demanded for the redemption of an annuity stock, is naturally restricted, so far forth..that it cannot increase beyond the nominal capital thereof.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 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.

1851 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. Feb. 188 Their notes would have gone on depreciating more and more, as the prospect of redemption became more and more hopeless.

1922 G. Ono War & Armament Expenditures of Japan i. iii. 36 It was proposed to raise this amount by temporarily borrowing from the reserve fund set apart for the redemption of paper money at the time.

1955 N. Kaldor Expenditure Tax (1958) i. 41 The appreciation of bonds issued at a discount as the date of redemption grows nearer.

2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. 21 The firm proposed that 6.7 billion krona would be paid to stockholders, mainly through a redemption of shares.

d. gen. originally U.S. The presentation of something in exchange for a promised money value, esp. the exchange of trading stamps, coupons, etc., for cash, goods, or services.

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1903 Boston Daily Globe 24 Apr. 3/5 The passage of the bill..will not affect the redemption of the Green Trading stamps, as issued by us.

1952 Jrnl. Marketing 17 54/2 Analysis of private label coffee coupon redemption, by stores, by newspapers in which coupons were featured, and by successive days of advertising.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May (Maryland Weekly section) 4 The center would be financed at first by deposits paid on beer bottles that were never turned in for redemption.

1992 Independent 19 Aug. 18/6 The colour magazine, called Moneysavers, will contain money-off coupons, for redemption in supermarkets, to promote grocery brands.

2008 Birmingham Mail (Nexis) 25 Sept. 52 Voucher must be surrendered upon redemption. No photocopies accepted and no cash alternative provided.

7. Theology. The activity of making the best use of time; an instance of this. [With reference to the words of St Paul in Ephesians 5:16 and Colossians 4:5, where the Vulgate has post-classical Latin tempus redimentes , translating Hellenistic Greek ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν . Cf. redeem v. 10.]

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the world > time > spending time > [noun] > saving time

redemption1599

1599 R. Pont Newe Treat. Right Reckoning of Yeares 98 This being the minde and meaning of the Apostle, concerning the redemption of time.

1638 R. Brathwait Spiritual Spicerie 161 Hee shall petition for redemption of time, which want of time will not afford him.

1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 451 By the Redemption of Time we must understand the study, care, and diligence of Christians at the rate of all possible pains.

1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 147 Have you never heard, my good Ladies, of the redemption of time?

1790 W. Arthur Time & Redempt. Time 5 The Apostle speaks of the redemption of time; and, indeed,..the proper improvement of present opportunities and privileges is intended and admirably calculated to subserve the important purposes of our eternal redemption.

1806 J. Dana Serm. to Young People xxi. 319 There are seasons in religion called an acceptable time, a time when God may be found... The redemption of time comprises the laying hold of each of these for the purpose of fulfilling the chief end of life.

1855 Altar at Home 34 By a vigilant redemption of time..may we enable ourselves to give some profitable account of the day when we look back upon it at its close.

1903 Ottumwa (Iowa) Daily Courier 8 June 2/3 The redemption of this God-given time which enfolds the days we spend on earth calls for some very definite things.

2004 Healing God's Creation: Global Anglican Congr. Stewardship Creation 2002 13 [The Lambeth Conference] prays..for the recovery of Sabbath principle, as part of the redemption of time and the restoration of the divinely intended rhythms of life.

8. The action or process of reclaiming land for cultivation or habitation.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun]

amendment1483

improvement1549

improvinga1563

recoverya1632

mendment1644

cultivation1791

reclaim1799

reclamation1810

intaking1812

redemption1812

clearing1821

reclaimment1852

land reclamation1881

breaking-in1891

greening1955

1812 J. Evans Beauties Eng. & Wales XVII. 892 The expense of procuring hay for the sustenance of a numerous stock of cattle induced the proprietor to turn his attention to the practicability of a scheme for the redemption of such wastes.

1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. ii. 37 Spots mapped off for redemption from river or lake.

1926 Geogr. Rev. 16 364 Canals have now been constructed to carry water to the borders of the desert... But the..process of redemption and colonization is still in progress.

2002 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 22 Dec. j1 The..plant..originally had four groups of centrifugal water scooping machines powered by 12 steam boilers; it's now a museum and visitor center testifying to the redemption of ‘desolated and plagued lands’.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in various senses), as redemption date, redemption fee, redemption money, redemption work, etc.

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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > redemption > money used in

redemption money1530

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > for redemption

redemption money1530

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. iii. 49 And Moses toke the redempcion money of the ouerplus that were moo then the leuites, amonge the firstborne of the childern of Israel.

1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme viii. 185 All such, as he laid down this Redemption, or Redemption-money for, must of necessity be redeemed and saved.

1704 I. Mauduit Serm. Doctr. Christs Satisfaction 60 We did not pay down the λυτρὸν the redemption price to Divine Justice, but Christ laid it down for us.

1859 G. Bush tr. Swedenborg Doctr. & Statem. (1875) 42 The sum total of these conquests constituted his redemption-work.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 498 Without claiming the redemption fees as they become due.

1930 Michigan Law Rev. 28 764 Plaintiff..filed a claim..seeking the allowance of $5,000 represented by her preferred stock, which had not been paid on the redemption date then passed.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Nov. 9/2 Most [funds] are ‘no-loads’—that is, they impose no sales or redemption charges.

1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 156/2 The firstborn must be the first child of his mother's womb, and therefore if he is preceded by a sister, or a miscarriage,..he does not have a redemption ceremony.

C2.

redemption centre n. a place where something can be presented in exchange for a promised money value; spec. (a) a place designated for the exchange of coupons, tokens, etc., for cash, a prize, etc.; (b) U.S. a facility where recyclable items can be returned, esp. for repayment of a deposit.

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1885 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 501 Should the liability seem too great if extended commonly to all the banks, geographical districts might be created with redemption centers.

1910 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 36 66 These branches, as fast as they receive the notes of other banks,..send them in to the nearest redemption center.

1970 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. iii. 10/6 New York, a city that was notably absent from the list of redemption centers offered by the glass manufacturers' group.

1994 Leisure Managem. Dec. 50 (advt.) In family fun centers and arcades the use of redemption centers really compounds the interest of customers.

1999 Boston Globe (Nexis) 28 Oct. a22 The financial difficulties being felt by some distributors and redemption centers could be alleviated under a plan that would tap a small portion of the unclaimed deposits to assist recyclers.

redemption yield n. Finance the yield of a stock calculated as a percentage of the redemption price with an adjustment made for any capital gain or loss which that price represents relative to the current price.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > other types of profit

improvement?1449

mesne profitsa1558

intromissionc1650

emergencya1662

trading profit1717

building-rent1776

turn1796

sturt1850

redemption yield1921

hidden reserve1930

1921 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Oct. 6/3 Liberty bonds at the present rate pay something over 6 per cent, counting the redemption yield with the current interest.

1973 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 21 At the issue price of £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.

2002 E. McLaney & P. Atrill Accounting (rev. ed.) xv. 479 The redemption yield..is often quite high and..may compare favourably with returns from other forms of loan capital with the same level of risk.

Derivatives

reˈdemptional adj. of or relating to redemption.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective]

soul-saving1585

redemptionary1623

redemptional1787

redemptorial1826

salvational1859

soterial1879

salvationist1934

1787 S. Gale Ess. IV. on Nature & Princ. Public Credit iv. 87 The small redemptional powers of a sinking fund, if applied to stocks bearing a low interest..were likewise mentioned.

1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 110/2 There might still have remained the great redemptional and mediatorial functions for Christ.

1993 T. E. Clarke in E. G. Hinson Spirituality in Ecumenical Perspective vii. 109 For Ignatius, creational and redemptional perspectives both alternate and cross in the Spiritual Exercises and in the Constitutions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redemption
释义	redemptionn. Brit. /rᵻˈdɛm(p)ʃn/, U.S. /rəˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)n/, /riˈdɛm(p)ʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English redemcioun, Middle English redempcon, Middle English redempcyoune, Middle English–1500s redemcion, Middle English–1500s redempcioun, Middle English–1500s redempcyon, Middle English–1500s redempcyoun, Middle English–1600s redempcion, Middle English– redemption, 1500s redemtyon, 1500s–1600s redemtion; Scottish pre-1700 redamtioun, pre-1700 redemcioun, pre-1700 redempcion, pre-1700 redempcione, pre-1700 redempcioun, pre-1700 redempcioune, pre-1700 redempcoun, pre-1700 redemptione, pre-1700 redemptioun, pre-1700 redemptioune, pre-1700 redemptiounn, pre-1700 redemptyown, pre-1700 redemptyowne, pre-1700 redemtion, pre-1700 redemtione, pre-1700 1700s– redemption. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French redemption; Latin redemptiōn-, redemptiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman redempcioun, redempciun, redemptioun, redemptiun, redemcioun, redemtiun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French redempcion, redemption (French rédemption ) deliverance from sin and its consequences, salvation (end of the 10th cent. in Old French), action of freeing a prisoner or captive by payment (second half of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), payment in order to ransom a person or thing (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), action of discharging or paying off a debt, obligation, or charge (1342 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.), deliverance, restoration (1369) and its etymon classical Latin redemptiōn-, redemptiō act of buying, purchase, purchase of a contract, (corrupt) purchase (of a judicial decision, etc.), act of ransoming, in post-classical Latin also deliverance from sin and its consequences (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), price of ransom (6th cent.) < redempt- , past participial stem of redimere redeem v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan redempció (c1345), Catalan redempció (1373), Spanish redención (1107; also †redempción ), Portuguese redenção (15th cent. as †redemção ), Italian redenzione (a1294). Compare earlier ransom n. and the Romance nouns cited at that entry. 1. a. The action of freeing a prisoner, captive, or slave by payment; the fact of being freed in this way. Also occasionally: the payment itself.Also in extended use with reference to the bodies of those killed in battle and held by the enemy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] alesingOE liverisona1225 deliverancec1300 healtha1325 redemptiona1325 deliveringc1330 savementc1330 salvationc1374 savinga1387 rescousc1390 rescuec1400 winningc1400 rescuingc1405 acquittancec1430 rescours1439 saveage1507 deliveration1509 deliverya1513 riddancea1530 liverance1553 rescousing1605 vindication1613 out-takinga1617 acquittal1619 vindicating1624 deliverancy1641 safety1654 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [noun] > ransoming redemptiona1325 ransoma1350 again-buyinga1382 ransoming1386 finance makingc1475 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) v. 6 Ant thulke..sullen ben iiuged to þe kinges prison, ant fram þat maken redempcioun, after þe quantite ant te maner of þe tressepas. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 395 (MED) Hercules..fenge þe armure of þe queene in prys of redempcioun. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1895) iv. l. 108 Ȝe haue now kaught and fetered in prisoune, Troians ynowe and if ȝoure willes be, My childe with oon may han redempcioun. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 211 Þat þei schuld gader a certeyn summe for her lordis redempcion. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 21 Pirrus..occupiede Ytaly and sende to Rome his prisoners withowte eny redempcion [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. raunsoun; L. pretio]. a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 89^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Redem(p)tio(u)n(e Ordur of the halie trinite heir beguth in redemptioun of presonaris. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxix^v They shoulde bee slayne withoute redemption, whersoeuer they were founde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 137 Of being taken by the insolent foe: And sold to slauery, and my redemption thence. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1482 For his redemption all my Patrimony, If need be, I am ready to forgo. View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. xi. 110 Whence it appears, that Redemption of the Dead was practis'd in those Days. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 105. ⁋2 Which purchased his Redemption out of the Hands of the Bailiffs. 1785 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Nov. in Papers (1954) IX. 17 Mr. Adams..and myself have agreed to authorise the bearer hereof..to treat for your redemption. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens i. viii. 119 They all agreed in selecting only one portion of time, from the insult of Achilles to the redemption of the body of Hector. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. v. 387 The redemption of captives—that is the repurchase of slaves in order to restore them to freedom—is esteemed an act of piety. 1916 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 3 396 The redemption of captives was another work which engaged the pious solicitude of the Church. 1965 Huntington Libr. Q. 29 39 Many slaves actually languished out their days with no hope of escape or redemption. 1992 W. C. Placher & D. Willis-Watkins Belonging to God 80 A slave cannot be freed without paying a redemption. 2008 Houston (Texas) Chron. (Nexis) 10 Apr. 14 Patrick..is helping to coordinate a fundraiser for the redemption of African slaves living in Sudan. b. Judaism. The symbolic redeeming of one's firstborn son from a priest; the ceremony at which this occurs. See Pidyon Haben n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Jewish > [noun] redemptionc1450 Kaddish1613 Mincha1641 Musaf1650 Maariv1871 Pidyon Haben1879 tashlich1880 shehecheyanu1892 nusach1947 c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) vi. 135 (MED) For that criste was the first born..Therfore his mothir..Hir offringe made list not for to striue For hym ayeyne to pay shillynges fyfe, Liche as the custome of the lawe was, She mekely made his redempcion. 1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fourth Bk. Moses, called Numbers xviii. 16 The Hebrewes hold that this redemption of the son, might be eyther with money, or moneyes worth. 1797 D. Levi Def. Old Test. iv. 86 On this destruction of the first born of the Egyptians, was instituted the ceremony of the redemption of the first born of the Hebrews. 1890 A. Edersheim Jesus the Messiah (ed. 2) iv. 19 It was a thing much dreaded that the child should die before his redemption. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 83 The ceremony of the Redemption of her grandson. 1940 Jewish Q. Rev. 31 163 He received the regular ‘fifth’ poll tax..as well as the fee for redemption of the first born. 1971 A. E. Millgram Jewish Worship (1975) xii. 322 A ritual as ancient as the berith milah is the pidyon haben, the redemption of the firstborn male child. 1995 L. Jacobs Jewish Relig. 168/2 If no silver is available the redemption can be carried out with anything worth an equivalent amount. 2. a. Theology. Deliverance from sin and damnation, esp. by the atonement of Christ; salvation. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 68 Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid and maad redempcioun [L. redemptionem] of his peple. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 50 (MED) In tyme of His passion, Here fore oure redemcion His blesful blod He bled. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 474 Cherubyn..stood, Whos swerd was bloudyd with the blood Off Crystys holy passyon Whan he made our Redempcion. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xx. 1 That is cristes ioy and gladnes, that we doe swa that we be parceuel in his redempcioun. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bv ^v Byleuynge that he..came in to this worlde for y^e redempcyon of synners. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 29 You bid me seeke redemption of the diuell. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 408 Proclaming Life to all who shall believe In his redemption . View more context for this quotation 1702 Direct. Leading Devout Life i. 2 Be thankful for your own and the Worlds preservation; but chiefly for the Redemption by Jesus Christ. 1777 H. Blair Serm. I. v. 120 This was the hour in which Christ..accomplished our eternal redemption. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany III. 191 The doctrine of original sin, on which the whole scheme of redemption rests. 1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 228 Miracles and prophecy,..bore directly or indirectly on one object,—redemption. 1947 M. E. Boylan This Tremendous Lover (new ed.) ii. 18 The mystery of the Incarnation was to be the beginning of God's redemption of His fallen creatures. 1994 Asian Theatre Jrnl. 11 267 The meaning of kafir as ‘heathen’ also establishes a potential for redemption through surrender to Allah. 2007 Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise (Nexis) 28 July She gets an invitation from an angel that she encounters to go inside [the church] and seek redemption through Jesus. b. the year of (our) redemption: (preceding a date and usually with in) Anno Domini, in the year (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > period with own chronological system or era > particular year in Christian era year of gracec1325 (in) the year of our Lord (also our Lord God, our Lord's incarnation)1389 the year of Christc1392 Anno Dom.1438 year1482 anno1484 Anno Domini1485 the year of (our) redemption1513 A.D.1556 year of (man's) salvation1560 1513 T. More in R. Grafton Chron. (1568) II. 756 The .ix. day of Aprill, the year of our redemption .1463. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 60 Who died within the yeere of our Redemption, Foure hundred twentie six. View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Vaughan Magia Adamica 60 In the yeare of Redemption 1625. there was digg'd up in a Village of China call'd Sanxuen, a square stone. 1746 W. R. Chetwood Tour through Ireland iv. 85 The Cathedral, St. Finbar's or St. Barry's, was built by St. Finbar, the first Bishop of this Diocese, in the Year of Redemption 630. 1796 J. Tickell Hist. Town & County Kingston upon Hull iv. 816 This covenant..was transacted on the 22d day of July..in the year of redemption 1643. 1835 W. Irving Legends Conq. Spain i Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne. 1861 R. K. Philp Dict. Useful Knowl. III. 1154/2 Bithynia, where the august and venerable body of prelates and clergy assembled in the year of redemption 325 to arrange and fix a definite code of religious worship. 1920 A. Ingham Cheshire iv. 40 An..oak reredos..in memory of Mary Adeline, and Margaret Elsie Royds.., ‘who caused this reredos to be made when the altar was reinstated on its ancient site in the year of our Redemption 1906’. 3. a. Expiation or atonement for a crime, sin, or offence; release from punishment. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] healnessc897 heal901 alesenesseOE lesenessOE alesendnessOE healthc1000 alesednessOE berrhlessc1175 i-sundungc1175 salvation?c1225 buyinga1300 savementc1330 yborȝing1340 election1382 savinga1387 safetyc1390 soul healtha1393 redemptiona1400 safenessa1400 curation?c1400 predestinationc1400 gain-buying1435 dilection1570 expeccationa1631 unsinninga1631 soul-savingness1672 inner light1856 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] boot971 edbotec1315 amendmentc1325 amendsc1330 assethe1340 enoughbote1340 satisfaction1340 redress1384 menda1400 redemptiona1400 curation?c1400 amends making?a1425 mends-makinga1425 recompensec1425 expiation1482 agreement1526 contentation1535 sythmentc1540 syth1567 atonement-making1587 atonement1611 piation1623 atone1868 a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 87 Drede of deeþ trowbleth me..for in helle is no redempcion. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 161 (MED) God ȝaf his sone to make it free, for noon oþer redempcioun was ynowȝ for mannis synne. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6661 (MED) His temple..Was þoruȝ his deth..violat; Wherfore þer muste þoruȝ redempcioun By blood ageyn be made satisfaccioun. 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. f. cxii There is one onely sacrifice of redempcion for sinnes before god, appeasyng the yre of god & satisfying vnto god. 1553 Duke of Northumberland in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 22 Alas, my lord is my cryme so heynous as noe redemcion but my blood can washe awaye the spottes thereof? a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 114 Lawfull mercie, Is nothing kin to fowle redemption . View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 94 If the circumstances favoured the delinquent he was admitted to redemption of life or member, by fine. a1771 J. Gill Compl. Body Doctrinal & Pract. Divinity (1796) II. iii. 168 The price of redemption, which is the blood of Christ, was paid unto God, whereby redemption from vindictive justice was obtained. 1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 212/1 All who were only suspected of defrauding the revenue..were immediate objects of their inquisition, and had no redemption from their decree. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 335/1 If he be able to purchase the redemption of his crime, that redemption shall be facilitated. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 164 Vanity Was ended: its redemption must begin—And, certain, would continue. 1946 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 35 499 An imperial decree ordered that officials in service who committed a public offence were allowed to make redemption. 1973 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 121 456 Such blindness..is enough to be accounted infirmity, which is all he needs to be granted redemption for this particular crime. 2001 D. Robinson Bandits, Eunuchs, & Son of Heaven iii. 67 Apprehending criminals..afforded opportunities for redemption for past offenses. b. A recompense, a compensation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > compensation > that which is given wagec1400 boot1483 returna1542 redemption1625 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 43 They..thinke other Mens Harmes, a Redemption, of their owne Sufferings. 1856 T. Tayler Law Gloss. (ed. 4) 489 Weregild, a fine paid in the reign of all the kings in as a redemption for committing homicide. 1981 M. Charney Sexual Fiction iii. 63 She offers her pain as a redemption for her sins. 2006 M. Mart Eye on Israel ii. 45 The narrative that described Israel as a redemption for the Holocaust. 4. Purchase of membership of a society, guild, or company. Chiefly by redemption. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > purchase of status or membership redemption1418 society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > redemption redemption1418 1418 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 197 Ȝyf any othyr man that is Freman of othyr craft, or ellys be redempcioun Freyd of the same Craft, he shall nouȝt be resseyuyd in-to the forseyd Fraternite. 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 313 (MED) If ony man shall be resseyued into the craft & maad free bi redempcioun, that it be doon bi the assent of alle the iiij maistris. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxi^v/2 That noo man com in to bee made free of this citee by redempcion wythout he bee bore vnder the dominacion of our soueraigne lorde the kyng. 1606 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 162 It is ordered that [he]..shalbe made free of this Cittye by Redempcion in the Companie of barborsurgeons. 1676 J. Brydall Camera Regis xv. 90 One may be a Freeman of London three manner of wayes, viz. 1. By service, as in the Case of Apprenticeship. 2. By Birth-Right, the Son of a Freeman. 3. By Redemption, by order of the Court of Aldermen. 1703 Resolution 6 Dec. in Orders & Resol. House Commons (1736) 46 The Right of Election of Burgesses..is only in..such as have served seven Years Apprenticeship, or are made Freemen by Redemption. 1792 Proc. Soc. Friends in Polit. Papers, Attempt Ref. Parl. Great-Brit. III. 587 Freemen have been made by redemption or purchase. 1820 A. Male Treat. Law & Pract. Elections (ed. 2) iii. iv. 310 In the case of East Redford, it appeared that Samuel Buxton had been admitted by redemption..he was objected to as having been admitted at a court illegally constituted. 1884 Times 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. 1947 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 4th Ser. 29 163 The reduction to freemen of less notable men whose burgessdom had been acquired by redemption (i.e., purchase). 1995 P. S. Seaver in D. L. Smith et al. Theatr. City iii. 96 Redemption or purchase permitted foreign or stranger merchants and tradesman to buy and sell in London freely. 1997 S. Leigh & S. Taylor Livery Companies of City of London (Corporation of London) 31 There are three methods of seeking the freedom of the City... The first method is by servitude, or apprenticeship to a City Freeman. The second is by redemption, or purchase. 5. a. gen. The action of saving, delivering, or restoring a person or thing; deliverance or restoration. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy helpc1000 healinga1225 remedy?c1225 bote of beam1330 recurec1330 recoverera1375 remeida1413 redemption?a1439 botmenta1450 recurementc1450 presidy?a1475 mendsa1525 repair1612 relief1616 booty beam1642 beyond retrieve1658 beyond retrieval1697 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 3434 (MED) Worldli estatis echon thei be mortall, Ther may no tresor make redempcioun. 1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 175 I shall for the redemption of such as are deceived by it [etc.]. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila 21 My Redemption from the Execution of thy Wrath. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 42 The great ground-work of his plan for the national redemption. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxlv. 75 Rome and her Ruin [are] past Redemption's skill. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 441 The battle of Custoza..might have marked the day of redemption for Italy. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah v. 266. After passing a million goals they press on to the goal of redemption from the flesh. 1953 Mil. Affairs 17 38/1 He presents the General's story as the fast moving passionable drama of a nation's military redemption. 2001 B. Sloan I watched Wild Hog eat my Baby iii. 53 Later that same year, the redemption and reincarnation of the Enquirer began in earnest. b. beyond (also past, without) redemption: with no possibility of deliverance, recovery, or restoration; too bad to be improved or saved. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1261 The flour off France withoutyn redempcioun Throuch that foull deid was brocht to confusioun. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Plutarch Life of Demetre v, in tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iv. f. 146 After his death there remayned for him none other comforte, but likewise present death, without redemption. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. ii. sig. C1 Vndon without redemption: he eates with picks utterly spoyld, his spirit baffell'd in him. 1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Cicilia & Clorinda iii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. 288 What have we that are your friends done? that you should afflict us thus, to see you make your self miserable beyond Redemption? 1703 Lett. from Living to Living 18 Something of ten times the value of your poor Disconsolate Brother is gone, I am afraid beyond Redemption. 1799 A. Plumptre tr. A. von Kotzebue Virgin of Sun iv. 92 Oh! Do not thus deceive yourself. Cora is past redemption lost. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxii. 119 Though our contract is at an end, and broken past all redemption. 1891 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/1 The music-hall seems beyond redemption. Its traditions are against it; it inherits from the Coal Hole and the Cider Cellars. 1906 G. R. Sims Living London (rev. ed.) III. 174/2 Failures in shabby black edged with linen long past redemption. 1998 S. Abbott Love's Apprentice vi. 59 Both of them ruined by love, finally, utterly, and without redemption. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 93 This apartment is so very unlucky, I believe it is beyond redemption. You must move. c. Something which redeems a person or thing; a redeeming feature. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy > a redeeming feature redemption1694 saving grace1798 1694 J. Dryden Love Triumphant iv. i. 55 I went; but was securely first prepar'd: For this was my Redemption or my Guard. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit iii. 182 This is no Effect of another Shipwreck, but a Fragment of the unfortunate Ship, whose Loss was my Redemption. 1860 J. Forster Deb. Grand Remonstr. 72 The improvement in literary studies and pursuits which was one of the redemptions of his reign. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 128 Roderigo has so much of redemption in him, that we commiserate his weakness. 1903 M. E. W. Freeman Six Trees 173 In the midst of the yard was a whole bouquet of spring. That was the one redemption of it all. 1950 W. Durant Age of Faith xxxix. 1067 In the epic of Dante's life..his hope and love were his redemption and his only bliss. 2002 E. White Fast Girls ii. 49 The girls I interviewed often felt that by being the slut they had been devalued;..they would never be allowed the redemption of romantic love. 6. a. The redeeming or buying back of something offered as a security, esp. mortgaged property or a pawned item; an instance of this.equity of redemption: see equity n. 5b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > buying back or redeeming redemption1469 rechacea1500 repurchase1598 buy-back1954 1469 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1469/26 And the redempcioune and lousing [of the lands] tobe maid within vij yeris as said is or nocht. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cix^v The tributes and other paimentes, whiche he should paie to the kyng of Englande, for redempcion of Tornay. 1563–4 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 262 [He] grantis the saidis landis..to be lauchfullie redemit..and oblissis him to warrand the said redemptioun. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxv. 24 In all the land of your possession, ye shall grant a redemption for the land. View more context for this quotation 1706 S. Carter Lex Vadiorum xiv. 185 Such Mortgagor shall have no benefit in Equity for Redemption of the Lands mortgaged. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. v. 36 The first Thing after Redemption of the Coat..was to supply himself with Snuff. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 829 The order of redemption is prescribed by the clause of redemption in the redeemable right. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiv. 355 This crude young gentleman, who apparently supposed that redemption was a satisfaction to pawnbrokers. 1930 Times 2 May 5/3 Did you pay £2,745 to pawnbroker in redemption of pledges? 1954 K. G. Crawford Canad. Munic. Govt. xvi. 327 The purchaser at a tax sale..does not receive a deed to the property until after a period of one year, or longer if the period of redemption exceeds a year. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 18 Apr. 32/2 A steady stream of curious window shoppers is drawn to the varied array of ‘out of pawn’ (that is, no longer subject to redemption by the borrower) photo gear, watches and keepsakes. b. The action or fact of discharging or paying off a debt, obligation, or charge. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > commutation or compounding redemptiona1513 composition1570 commutation money1650 commutationa1707 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccvi. f. cxxvi^v Whiche redempcyon of Trybute..was called Rome Scot. 1523 in W. L. Nash Churchwardens' Acct. Bk. St. Giles, Reading (1851) 19 Paid to Thomas Burard for redemption of the new rents vij^li. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 231 (MED) Godiue..inher heare hangyng beneth her knee..rode so through all the towne, To bye it free by her redempcion. 1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 205 The Renunciation, or grant of Redemption, though proceeding upon true payment, shall not be sustained without Citing the Inhibiter. 1734 Act 7 Geo. II c. 20 (title) An act for the more easy redemption and foreclosure of mortgages. 1778 R. Price Gen. Introd. Two Tracts on Civil Liberty 204 The debt, whose redemption was postponed, would bring no greater annual charge on the public, than if the same sum had been obtained by selling a capital bearing any lower interest. 1845 Merchants' Mag. Apr. 312 Whatever betides the crops, prices, and resources on which they depend for redemption of obligation..the northwestern wheat growing states increase in population, wealth, and real resources. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 729 Florence..describes his alms and his redemption of the tolls by which pilgrims were troubled. 1930 Econ. Jrnl. 40 252 The Lands Improvement Company may advance money for the redemption of tithes. 1968 M. Clawson Policy Direct. for U.S. Agric. xv. 224 Many personal tragedies and triumphs have arisen out of farm mortgages and their redemption. 2006 E. R. Bhatt We are Poor but so Many v. 108 Of all the banking services, redemption of old debts is the first and most vital activity. c. Finance. The repayment of a stock, bond, or other security, esp. at the maturity date; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1709 Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ 111 Redemption shall be made by Parliament of the Annuity of One hundred and six thousand five hundred and one Pounds, Thirteen Shillings, and Five Pence per Annum. 1784 S. Gale Ess. II. on Nature & Princ. Public Credit i. 8 The price to be demanded for the redemption of an annuity stock, is naturally restricted, so far forth..that it cannot increase beyond the nominal capital thereof. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 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. 1851 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. Feb. 188 Their notes would have gone on depreciating more and more, as the prospect of redemption became more and more hopeless. 1922 G. Ono War & Armament Expenditures of Japan i. iii. 36 It was proposed to raise this amount by temporarily borrowing from the reserve fund set apart for the redemption of paper money at the time. 1955 N. Kaldor Expenditure Tax (1958) i. 41 The appreciation of bonds issued at a discount as the date of redemption grows nearer. 2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. 21 The firm proposed that 6.7 billion krona would be paid to stockholders, mainly through a redemption of shares. d. gen. originally U.S. The presentation of something in exchange for a promised money value, esp. the exchange of trading stamps, coupons, etc., for cash, goods, or services. ΚΠ 1903 Boston Daily Globe 24 Apr. 3/5 The passage of the bill..will not affect the redemption of the Green Trading stamps, as issued by us. 1952 Jrnl. Marketing 17 54/2 Analysis of private label coffee coupon redemption, by stores, by newspapers in which coupons were featured, and by successive days of advertising. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 May (Maryland Weekly section) 4 The center would be financed at first by deposits paid on beer bottles that were never turned in for redemption. 1992 Independent 19 Aug. 18/6 The colour magazine, called Moneysavers, will contain money-off coupons, for redemption in supermarkets, to promote grocery brands. 2008 Birmingham Mail (Nexis) 25 Sept. 52 Voucher must be surrendered upon redemption. No photocopies accepted and no cash alternative provided. 7. Theology. The activity of making the best use of time; an instance of this. [With reference to the words of St Paul in Ephesians 5:16 and Colossians 4:5, where the Vulgate has post-classical Latin tempus redimentes , translating Hellenistic Greek ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν . Cf. redeem v. 10.] ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > [noun] > saving time redemption1599 1599 R. Pont Newe Treat. Right Reckoning of Yeares 98 This being the minde and meaning of the Apostle, concerning the redemption of time. 1638 R. Brathwait Spiritual Spicerie 161 Hee shall petition for redemption of time, which want of time will not afford him. 1685 J. Flavell Πνευματολογια 451 By the Redemption of Time we must understand the study, care, and diligence of Christians at the rate of all possible pains. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 147 Have you never heard, my good Ladies, of the redemption of time? 1790 W. Arthur Time & Redempt. Time 5 The Apostle speaks of the redemption of time; and, indeed,..the proper improvement of present opportunities and privileges is intended and admirably calculated to subserve the important purposes of our eternal redemption. 1806 J. Dana Serm. to Young People xxi. 319 There are seasons in religion called an acceptable time, a time when God may be found... The redemption of time comprises the laying hold of each of these for the purpose of fulfilling the chief end of life. 1855 Altar at Home 34 By a vigilant redemption of time..may we enable ourselves to give some profitable account of the day when we look back upon it at its close. 1903 Ottumwa (Iowa) Daily Courier 8 June 2/3 The redemption of this God-given time which enfolds the days we spend on earth calls for some very definite things. 2004 Healing God's Creation: Global Anglican Congr. Stewardship Creation 2002 13 [The Lambeth Conference] prays..for the recovery of Sabbath principle, as part of the redemption of time and the restoration of the divinely intended rhythms of life. 8. The action or process of reclaiming land for cultivation or habitation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] amendment1483 improvement1549 improvinga1563 recoverya1632 mendment1644 cultivation1791 reclaim1799 reclamation1810 intaking1812 redemption1812 clearing1821 reclaimment1852 land reclamation1881 breaking-in1891 greening1955 1812 J. Evans Beauties Eng. & Wales XVII. 892 The expense of procuring hay for the sustenance of a numerous stock of cattle induced the proprietor to turn his attention to the practicability of a scheme for the redemption of such wastes. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. ii. 37 Spots mapped off for redemption from river or lake. 1926 Geogr. Rev. 16 364 Canals have now been constructed to carry water to the borders of the desert... But the..process of redemption and colonization is still in progress. 2002 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 22 Dec. j1 The..plant..originally had four groups of centrifugal water scooping machines powered by 12 steam boilers; it's now a museum and visitor center testifying to the redemption of ‘desolated and plagued lands’. Compounds C1. General attributive (in various senses), as redemption date, redemption fee, redemption money, redemption work, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > redemption > money used in redemption money1530 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > for redemption redemption money1530 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. iii. 49 And Moses toke the redempcion money of the ouerplus that were moo then the leuites, amonge the firstborne of the childern of Israel. 1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme viii. 185 All such, as he laid down this Redemption, or Redemption-money for, must of necessity be redeemed and saved. 1704 I. Mauduit Serm. Doctr. Christs Satisfaction 60 We did not pay down the λυτρὸν the redemption price to Divine Justice, but Christ laid it down for us. 1859 G. Bush tr. Swedenborg Doctr. & Statem. (1875) 42 The sum total of these conquests constituted his redemption-work. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 498 Without claiming the redemption fees as they become due. 1930 Michigan Law Rev. 28 764 Plaintiff..filed a claim..seeking the allowance of $5,000 represented by her preferred stock, which had not been paid on the redemption date then passed. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Nov. 9/2 Most [funds] are ‘no-loads’—that is, they impose no sales or redemption charges. 1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 156/2 The firstborn must be the first child of his mother's womb, and therefore if he is preceded by a sister, or a miscarriage,..he does not have a redemption ceremony. C2. redemption centre n. a place where something can be presented in exchange for a promised money value; spec. (a) a place designated for the exchange of coupons, tokens, etc., for cash, a prize, etc.; (b) U.S. a facility where recyclable items can be returned, esp. for repayment of a deposit. ΚΠ 1885 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 501 Should the liability seem too great if extended commonly to all the banks, geographical districts might be created with redemption centers. 1910 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 36 66 These branches, as fast as they receive the notes of other banks,..send them in to the nearest redemption center. 1970 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. iii. 10/6 New York, a city that was notably absent from the list of redemption centers offered by the glass manufacturers' group. 1994 Leisure Managem. Dec. 50 (advt.) In family fun centers and arcades the use of redemption centers really compounds the interest of customers. 1999 Boston Globe (Nexis) 28 Oct. a22 The financial difficulties being felt by some distributors and redemption centers could be alleviated under a plan that would tap a small portion of the unclaimed deposits to assist recyclers. redemption yield n. Finance the yield of a stock calculated as a percentage of the redemption price with an adjustment made for any capital gain or loss which that price represents relative to the current price. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > other types of profit improvement?1449 mesne profitsa1558 intromissionc1650 emergencya1662 trading profit1717 building-rent1776 turn1796 sturt1850 redemption yield1921 hidden reserve1930 1921 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Oct. 6/3 Liberty bonds at the present rate pay something over 6 per cent, counting the redemption yield with the current interest. 1973 Daily Tel. 7 Mar. 21 At the issue price of £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. 2002 E. McLaney & P. Atrill Accounting (rev. ed.) xv. 479 The redemption yield..is often quite high and..may compare favourably with returns from other forms of loan capital with the same level of risk. Derivatives reˈdemptional adj. of or relating to redemption. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] soul-saving1585 redemptionary1623 redemptional1787 redemptorial1826 salvational1859 soterial1879 salvationist1934 1787 S. Gale Ess. IV. on Nature & Princ. Public Credit iv. 87 The small redemptional powers of a sinking fund, if applied to stocks bearing a low interest..were likewise mentioned. 1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 110/2 There might still have remained the great redemptional and mediatorial functions for Christ. 1993 T. E. Clarke in E. G. Hinson Spirituality in Ecumenical Perspective vii. 109 For Ignatius, creational and redemptional perspectives both alternate and cross in the Spiritual Exercises and in the Constitutions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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