Synonyms for "redemption"

 You're looking for synonyms for "redemption"! Here are several options, each with slightly different nuances:

Focusing on Rescue and Deliverance:

• Deliverance: The act of being rescued or set free.
• Rescue: The act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
• Salvation: Deliverance from sin and its consequences, often in a religious context, but can also mean preservation from harm or ruin.
• Liberation: The act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.
• Release: The act of allowing someone or something to be free.

Focusing on Atonement and Making Amends:

• Atonement: Making amends for a wrong.
• Expiation: The act of making amends or reparations for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
• Reparation: The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.  
• Amends: Compensation for a loss or injury.
• Recompense: Compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made.

Focusing on Recovery and Restoration:

• Recovery: A return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.
• Restoration: The action of returning something to a former condition.
• Reclamation: The process of claiming something back or asserting a right to it; also, the recovery of land or other resources.
• Rehabilitation: The process of helping someone to return to a normal life after a period of illness, addiction, or imprisonment.

Focusing on Improvement and Positive Change:

• Reformation: The improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory.
• Improvement: The action or process of making or becoming better.
• Positive change: A change for the better.

Which synonym is best depends on the context of your sentence. Consider what aspect of "redemption" you want to emphasize:

• Were they saved from a bad situation? Use deliverance, rescue, liberation.
• Did they make up for a mistake? Use atonement, expiation, amends.
• Did they get a second chance and improve? Use recovery, restoration, rehabilitation, reformation.
• Is it in a religious context? Salvation is often the most appropriate.

Could you provide a sentence where you'd like to use a synonym for "redemption"? That would help me suggest the most fitting word.

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By Jerry Ramonyai