different between redeemable vs redemption

English

Etymology

redeem +? -able

Adjective

redeemable (comparative more redeemable, superlative most redeemable)

1. Capable of being redeemed; able to be restored or recovered.
2. (finance) Capable of being paid off; subject to a right on the part of the debtor to discharge or of an issuer to repurchase

3. Susceptible to correction or reform.

Antonyms

• irredeemable

Translations

Noun

redeemable (plural redeemables)

1. (finance) A financial instrument that can be redeemed.

References

• redeemable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redeemable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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