different between recovery vs redemption

English

Alternative forms

• recovre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?v??i/, /???k?v?i/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /???k?v??i/, /???k?v?i/

Noun

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
2. A return to normal health.
3. A return to former status or position.
   1. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
   2. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
4. (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
5. (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
6. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
7. (gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.

Derived terms

• recovery CD
• recovery position
• recovery truck
• recovery vehicle

Related terms

• recover

Translations

Middle English

Noun

recovery

1. Alternative form of recoveree

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