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Redemption vs Attonement - What's the difference?

redemption | attonement |

As nouns the difference between redemption and attonement

is that redemption is (religious): redemption; salvation while attonement is .

redemption

English

(wikipedia redemption)

Noun

  • 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

    • Derived terms

    * beyond redemption * past redemption * redemption fatigue * redemption price * redemption value

    attonement

    English

    Noun

    (head)