unredeemed
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9.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈdiːmd/
- Literature
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no redimido
- Recognizing that our world is aflame, that it is torn by hatred and strife, and that it is unredeemed means being aware that messianic redemption is a future hope rather than a current historical condition.
- the unredeemed world
Examples
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Jewish theology teaches that ours is not a redeemed messianic world, but one that is unredeemed and messy.
Academic text (1995) -
Hired preachers commanded the saved to examine their souls; they exhorted the unredeemed to accept Christ's cleansing grace.
Academic text (1994) -
Though unredeemed, the world remains redeemable.
Academic text (1995) -
Jews understand the lures of exile and its difficulties, both of which shape their relationship to life in an unredeemed world.
Academic text (1993) -
It is a premise of Jewish theology, confirmed by the experience of the Jewish people, that ours is an unredeemed world.
Academic text (1995) -
In this view, Moses did not break the tablets out of anger, but he broke them from his realization, after seeing the people worshiping the Golden Calf, that redemption had not come, that the world remained sinful, corrupt, and unredeemed.
Academic text (1995) -
But Bluestone's reading focuses rather on the filmmakers' choice to allow some characters to be redeemed at the film's conclusion, revising the novel's grim vision of an unredeemed, arrogant humanity that considers itself exempt from the laws of nature.
Academic text (2001) -
In many religious teachings, the souls of the unredeemed are believed to face eternal consequences for their sins.
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The sermon focused on the plight of the unredeemed, urging the congregation to spread hope and salvation.
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Philosophers often discuss the moral implications of living in an unredeemed world full of suffering and injustice.
Synonyms
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9.1
A person who does not accept religious forgiveness and may face punishment after death
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A wrong action that people still blame someone for and do not accept an apology
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Not forgiven and still feeling guilty
A person who dies without having their sins forgiven
Not changed to better behavior after many chances
Without good luck or happiness
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Etymology
The word unredeemed comes from redeem, which originally meant 'buy back', from old Latin parts re- 'again' and emere 'to buy'. In religious use, being 'redeemed' was like being 'bought back' from sin, so unredeemed means 'not saved'.