redemption

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the act of purchasing back something previously sold

(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. Adlai Stevenson II

After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption. Wallace Stevens

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. Arthur Schopenhauer

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person. Tennessee Williams

The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer. Vance Packard

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. Cyril Connolly

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