REDEEM

redeem

(verb) convert into cash; of commercial papers

redeem, pay off

(verb) pay off (loans or promissory notes)

ransom, redeem

(verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat

redeem

(verb) to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange

redeem

(verb) restore the honor or worth of

deliver, redeem, save

(verb) save from sins

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

redeem (third-person singular simple present redeems, present participle redeeming, simple past and past participle redeemed)

(transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

(transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.

(transitive) To set free by force.

(transitive) To save, rescue

(transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame

(transitive) To expiate, atone (for)

(transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash

(transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

(transitive) To repair, restore

(transitive) To reform, change (for the better)

(transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.

(transitive, archaic) To reclaim

Synonyms

• (recover ownership): buy back, repurchase

Antonyms

• abandon

Anagrams

• deemer, reemed

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*deem" (r*dm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-dp. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.] Etym: [F. r\'82dimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]

1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.

3. 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. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. Sandys.

4. (Theol.)

Definition: Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13.

5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. I will redeem all this on Percy's head. Shak.

6. 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. Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime Milton. It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. Shak. To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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