6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
verb save from sins
verb restore the honor or worth of
verb to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
originFrom Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0