Absolution vs Redemption - What's the difference?
absolution | redemption |
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
the act of redeeming or something redeemed
the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article
salvation from sin
rescue upon payment of a ransom
As nouns the difference between absolution and redemption
is that absolution is an absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority while redemption is the act of redeeming or something redeemed.absolution
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shipley)
- Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
- (Ben Jonson)
