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Erlösung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deliverance noun The act of being freed or rescued from danger, captivity, or hardship.
  • redemption noun The act of making up for past mistakes or wrongdoing and restoring one's reputation.
  • reprieve verb To cancel or delay a punishment, especially an execution.
  • salvation noun The act of saving someone or something from danger, loss, or harm; deliverance.

Senses

Erlösung is used for these senses in English:

  • deliverance The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
  • reprieve Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
  • salvation The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

deliverance — full definition

  1. noun The act of being freed or rescued from danger, captivity, or hardship.
  2. noun The act of handing something over or bringing it to its destination.

redemption — full definition

  1. noun The act of making up for past mistakes or wrongdoing and restoring one's reputation.
  2. noun The act of exchanging a voucher, bond, or points for its cash value.
  3. noun In religious use, salvation from sin.

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