Ransom

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The release of property or a person in return for payment of a demanded price.
  • noun. The price or payment demanded or paid for such release.
  • noun. A redemption from sin and its consequences.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To obtain the release of by paying a certain price.
  • transitive verb. To release after receiving such a payment.
  • transitive verb. To deliver from sin and its consequences.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To redeem from captivity, bondage, forfeit, or punishment by paying or giving in return that which is demanded; buy out of servitude; buy off from penalty.
  • To redeem; rescue; deliver.
  • To hold at ransom; demand or accept a ransom for; exact payment on.
  • To set free for a price; give up the custody of on receipt of a consideration.
  • To atone for; expiate.
  • noun. Redemption for a price; a holding for redemption; also, release from captivity, bondage, or the possession of an enemy for a consideration; liberation on payment or satisfaction of the price demanded.
  • noun. The money or price awarded or paid for the redemption of a prisoner, captive, or slave, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for liberation from restraint, penalty, or punishment.
  • noun. Atonement; expiation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption.
  • noun. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
  • noun. A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
  • noun. a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and its safe conduct into port.
  • transitive verb. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver.
  • transitive verb. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
  • verb. To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  • verb. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
  • verb. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  • noun. payment for the release of someone
  • noun. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
  • noun. money demanded for the return of a captured person
  • Word Usage
    "Instead of the Greek word "ransom," Jesus, who spoke"
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    handsome  hansom  transom  
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    buy  buy  deliver  deliver  deliverance  
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