(formal) the act of saving or state of being saved from the power of evil; the act of redeeming
the redemption of the world from sin
(finance) the act of exchanging shares for money (= of redeeming them)
Word Originlate
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin redemptio(n-), from redimere ‘buy back’, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.
Extra examples
A charge is payable on redemption.
After another incident at the weekend, the club’s reputation for violence is beyond redemption.
She believes that humanity is in need of redemption.
There is a fee for early redemption.
Washington journalism is corrupt beyond redemption.
redemption from evil
Idioms
beyond/past redemption
too bad to be saved or improved