Redemption is the act of being saved from a mistake, fault, or bad situation, or the act of exchanging something like a coupon or bond for money or goods.
From Latin *redemptio* meaning ‘a buying back’, from *redimere* (to buy back, ransom), from *re-* (back) + *emere* (to buy). It moved from the idea of ransom to moral and spiritual rescue.
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