Definition of redeem

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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..

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Savior :: Savior (v.) Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer..
Redemptive :: Redemptive (a.) Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ..
Redemptionary :: Redemptionary (n.) One who is, or may be, redeemed..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises..
Ransomer :: Ransomer (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.
Redeemer :: Redeemer (n.) One who redeems.
Tacking :: Tacking (n.) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim..
Foredeem :: Foredeem (v. i.) To know or discover beforehand; to foretell.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage..
Redemptory :: Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error..
Inconvertibility :: Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold..
Redeemability :: Redeemability (n.) Redeemableness.
Irredeemability :: Irredeemability (n.) The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness.
Foredeem :: Foredeem (v. t.) To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode.
Seven-thirties :: Seven-thirties (n. pl.) A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded..
Redemptioner :: Redemptioner (n.) One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude..
Token :: Token (n.) A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value..
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