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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
Missouri found redemption in the latter match.
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Brady Shanahan, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This move could be a response to the commodification and fetishization of trans narratives, particularly normative ones centered on trauma and redemption.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Participants may receive up to $5,000 in student loan redemption per year for up to four years, for a maximum total of $20,000.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Whitlock got the ball moments later, after Kelly gave up the tying run on a redemption RBI-single by Lawlar.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Brady Shanahan, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
This move could be a response to the commodification and fetishization of trans narratives, particularly normative ones centered on trauma and redemption.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Participants may receive up to $5,000 in student loan redemption per year for up to four years, for a maximum total of $20,000.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Whitlock got the ball moments later, after Kelly gave up the tying run on a redemption RBI-single by Lawlar.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redemption
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In its final episodes, the show builds to a climax that’s protracted over several episodes, drawing out the series’ ideas about masculinity, rage, and forgiveness.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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Here’s what student loan borrowers should know, and who could potentially be included in any loan forgiveness relief ordered by the court.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many members of the Venezuelan opposition, Straka said, have long relished calling out government supporters for treating Hugo Chávez, Maduro’s predecessor, as a messiah, but they can be faulted for believing, with similar fervor, that American salvation is coming.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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At the film's center is Ingrid Luna/Aurora/the Spider Woman, the arbiter of Molina's salvation and the bearer of the kiss of death.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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Civil War happened, emancipation happened, reconstruction had come and went.—
Memoir Nation
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Paired with the exhibit will be a collection of slavery documents from AARLCC, such as bills of sale for slaves, insurance documents, and emancipation documents, Hobbs said.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fame is perhaps this tower, an ultimate entrapment in the self that is also a deliverance from it.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Redemption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redemption. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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