Redemption

rē-demp′shun, n. act of redeeming or buying back: ransom: release: the deliverance of mankind from sin and misery by Christ.— ns. Redemp′tionary , one who is set at liberty, or released from a bond, by paying a compensation or fulfilling some stipulated conditions; Redemp′tioner , one who redeemed himself from debt, or the like, by service; Redemp′tionist , one of an order of monks devoted to the redemption of Christian captives from slavery; Redemp′torist , one of a congregation of R.C. mi ionary priests, founded by Alfonso Liguori in 1732, whose object is the religious instruction of the people and the reform of public morality, by periodically visiting, preaching, and hearing confe ions. [Fr.,—L.,— red empt us , pa.p. of redimĕre , to redeem.]