redemption ( p silent), redempcion

[Fr. rédempt i on, from Lat. redemptionem, acc us. of redemptio, from red empt us, pa. par. of redimo to redeem (q. v.); Sp. redencion; Ital. redenzione.] I. Ord. Lang.: The act of redeeming; the state of being redeemed; ransom, release, deliverance, rescue, repurchase. ( Levitic us xxv. 51.) II. Technically : 1. Comm.: Repurchase by the i uer of notes, bills, bonds, or other evidence of debt, by paying 2. Law : The liberation or freeing of an estate from a mortgage; the repurchase of the right to reenter upon an estate on performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; the right of redeeming and reëntering into po e ion. their value in money to the holders. 3. Theol.: Greek apolytrosis a ransoming. The ransom of sinners from the curse of the Law, i. e., from the penalties of the violated law of God (Gal. iii. 13), effected through "the blood of Christ," i.e., through His atoning sacrifice (Rom. iii. 24; Ephes. 1. 7; Col. i. 14; cf. also 1 Pet. i. 18, 19; Rev. v. 9). With this is conjoined ransom from the domination of sin and Satan (Col. i. 13, 14; 1 Pet. i. 18, 19). "Biholde ye and reise ye youre heed is, for youre redempcion neigheth." - Wycliffe : Luke xxi. Equity of redemption : [EQUITY, (2).] tre-děmp-tion-ar-y ( p silent), s. [Eng.redemption; -ary.] One who is or may be redeemed or set at liberty on payment of a ransom or compensation; one who is released from a bond or obligation by fulfilling the stipulated terms or conditions. "To be admitted in the seid society, but as redemption aries."-Hackluyt: Voyages , iii. 176.