different between expiation vs redemption

English

Etymology

From Middle French expiation, from Latin expi?ti? (“satisfaction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kspi?e???n/

Noun

expiation (countable and uncountable, plural expiations)

1. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

   Synonyms: atonement, propitiation
2. (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.

   Synonyms: plunder, pillage

   • expiation of his immanities fore.

Related terms

• expiate

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “expiation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

Noun

expiation f (plural expiations)

1. expiation

Further reading

• “expiation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?mp??n/

Noun

redemption (countable and uncountable, plural redemptions)

1. The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
2. The recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article.
3. Salvation from sin.
   • 2011, Drama of Redemption, Lulu.com (?ISBN), page 9:

     Before creating the world, God knew both the need for and the means of the redemption He would provide through Jesus Christ.

4. Rescue upon payment of a ransom.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• nemopterid

Middle English

Noun

redemption

1. Alternative form of redempcioun

Old French

Alternative forms

• redempcion
• redempciun, redemptiun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin redemptio. Doublet of raençon.

Noun

redemption f (oblique plural redemptions, nominative singular redemption, nominative plural redemptions)

1. redemption; salvation from sin

Descendants

• ? Middle English: redempcioun, redempcion, redemption, redempcyoune, redempcyoun, redemcioun
  • English: redemption
  • Scots: redemption
• French: rédemption