Meaning & use

redemption

noun·Academic

The act of being saved from sin, error, or a bad situation, or of making up for a past fault.

See it in a sentence

After years of hard work, he finally found redemption in the eyes of his community.

The team's late-season redemption erased memories of their disastrous start.

A note on using this word

Widely used both in religious contexts and in everyday speech about recovering from failure or wrongdoing.

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Words with an opposite meaning

damnation

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