# redemption

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/ · frequency rank #9,389

## Definitions
1. The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
2. The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
3. The conversion (of a security) into cash.
4. Salvation from sin.
5. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

## Etymology
From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.

## Easily confused with
- **resumption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redemption-vs-resumption)
- **reception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reception-vs-redemption)

## Common misspellings (16)
`erdemption`, `rdeemption`, `reddemption`, `redemmption`, `redempiton`, `redempption`, `redempsion`, `redemptino`, `redemptionn`, `redemptoin`, `redempttion`, `redemtpion`, `redepmtion`, `redmeption`, `reedmption`, `rredemption`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/redemption