redeem

[ ri-deem ]

/ rɪˈdim /

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verb (used with object)

to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.

to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.

to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch.

to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods.

to convert (paper money) into specie.

to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.).

to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness.

to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom.

Theology. to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner.

Origin of redeem

1375–1425; late Middle English redemen < Middle French redimer < Latin redimere, equivalent to red- red- + -imere, combining form of emere to purchase (cf. emptor, ransom)

SYNONYMS FOR redeem

1–3 repurchase. Redeem, ransom both mean to buy back. Redeem is wider in its application than ransom, and means to buy back, regain possession of, or exchange for money, goods, etc.: to redeem one's property. To ransom is to redeem a person from captivity by paying a stipulated price, or to redeem from sin by sacrifice: to ransom a kidnapped child.

8, 9 free, liberate, rescue, save.

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ANTONYMS FOR redeem

1 abandon.

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OTHER WORDS FROM redeem

pre·re·deem, verb (used with object) un·re·deemed, adjective

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After praying for forgiveness, Fotros was redeemed by the Imam Ali who gave him back his wings.

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American declinism is the prophetic motif: If you will pray, thou shalt be redeemed.

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If unsuccessful, she returns to her place and pays a forfeit, which is redeemed at the end of the game.

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He was well treated while a prisoner, and redeemed at the close of the war.

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Of the fifteen millions of fractional currency still outstanding, only about eighty thousand has been redeemed the past year.

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"We trusted that it had been he that should have redeemed Israel," said the two disciples, sadly walking on the way to Emmaus.

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The grabbers had made a clean getaway, and it had been several months later before she heard the boys had been redeemed safely.

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British Dictionary definitions for redeemed

redeem

/ (rɪˈdiːm) /

verb (tr)

to recover possession or ownership of by payment of a price or service; regain

to convert (bonds, shares, etc) into cash

to pay off (a promissory note, loan, etc)

to recover (something pledged, mortgaged, or pawned)

to convert (paper money) into bullion or specie

to fulfil (a promise, pledge, etc)

to exchange (trading stamps, coupons, etc) for goods

to reinstate in someone's estimation or good opinion; restore to favour he redeemed himself by his altruistic action

to make amends for

to recover from captivity, esp by a money payment

Christianity (of Christ as Saviour) to free (mankind) from sin by his death on the Cross

Derived forms of redeem

redeemer, noun

Word Origin for redeem

C15: from Old French redimer, from Latin redimere to buy back, from red- re- + emere to buy

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