Redemption

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of redeeming or the condition of having been redeemed.
  • n. Recovery of something pawned or mortgaged.
  • n. The payment of an obligation, as a government's payment of the value of its bonds.
  • n. Deliverance upon payment of ransom; rescue.
  • n. Christianity Salvation from sin through Jesus's sacrifice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of redeeming or something redeemed
  • n. the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
  • n. salvation from sin
  • n. rescue upon payment of a ransom
  • Word Usage
    "As any churchgoer who tuned in to watch the recent NBA finals contest between the Lakers and Celtics already knows, the term redemption is probably now heard more often in NBA sports broadcasts than in homilies."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    emption    exemption    preemption