redeem

v. pay off, settle a debt through payment; regain through payment; convert an item into its cash value; deliver from sin or evil; fulfill, carry out; make amends

Redemption may refer to: In economics:Redemption (bonds), the payment of any formal obligation incurred by any institutionRedemption value, a type of bondIn religion:Redemption (religious), a concept referring to forgiveness or absolution for past sins and protection from eternal damnationIn Christianity, salvation through the payment of a formal obligation by the death of Jesus ChristRedemptive sufferingIn film:The Shawshank Redemption, written by Stephen King.Redemption, a film by Jose GarofaloRedemption, a film by Art Camacho, a 2004 television movie
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Verb
1. save from sins
(synonym) deliver, save
(derivation) redemption, salvation
(classification) religion, faith
2. exchange or buy back for money; under threat
(synonym) ransom
(hypernym) exchange, change, interchange
(derivation) redemption, repurchase, buyback
(classification) crime, law-breaking
3. pay off (loans or promissory notes)
(synonym) pay off
(hypernym) pay
(derivation) redemption
4. convert into cash; of commercial papers
(hypernym) cash, cash in
(derivation) redeemer

(v. t.)
To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
  

(v. t.)
To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
  

(v. t.)
To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
  

(v. t.)
To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
  

(v. t.)
To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
  

(v. t.)
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
  

(v. t.)
Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
  

Synonyms and related words:
abet, abide by, absolve, acknowledge, aid, amend, amortize, assist, atone, atone for, avail, bail out, balance, be faithful to, bear a hand, bear the expense, befriend, benefit, buy, buy back, carry out, cash in, change, change for, chip in, clear, comfort, commute, compensate, compensate for, compound for, convert, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, defray, defray expenses, deliver, discharge, disenthrall, do good, doctor, dub in, ease, emancipate, exchange, expiate, extract, extricate, favor, finance, foot the bill, free, fund, get back, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, give place to, give salvation, give satisfaction, go Dutch, help, honor, honor a bill, keep, keep faith with, lend a hand, lend one aid, liberate, lift, liquidate, live down, loose, make accounts square, make amends, make compensation, make do with, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make right, make up, make up for, make way for, manumit, new-model, offer in exchange, offset, outweigh, pay for, pay in full, pay off, pay the bill, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, pay the piper, pay the shot, pay up, perform, proffer aid, propitiate, protect, put up with, rally, ransom, re-form, recapture, reclaim, recompense, recoup, recover, recuperate, recycle, redress, refashion, reform, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstate, release, relieve, remedy, remodel, render assistance, renew, renovate, reoccupy, repair, replevin, replevy, repossess, repurchase, rescue, reshape, restore, restore self-respect, resume, resuscitate, retake, retire, retrieve, revindicate, revive, ring in, salvage, satisfy, save, see through, set free, set off, set straight, set up, settle, shift with, square, square accounts, square it, square things, stand the costs, strike a balance, substitute, succor, switch, take back, take in exchange, take in tow, take up, trade in, unbind, unchain, win back