Definition of ransom

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Ransom (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on..

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Ransomable :: Ransomable (a.) Such as can be ransomed.
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..
Rescat :: Rescat (n.) Ransom; release.
Geld :: Geld (n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
Ransomed :: Ransomed (imp. & p. p.) of Ranso.
Redemptory :: Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
Rescat :: Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) 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..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..
Ransomer :: Ransomer (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.
Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Ransoming :: Ransoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ranso.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..
Transenne :: Transenne (n.) A transom.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document..
Transsummer :: Transsummer (n.) See Transom, 2..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..
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