Redeem
[rɪ'diːm] or [rɪ'dim]
Definition
(verb.) convert into cash; of commercial papers.
(verb.) pay off (loans or promissory notes).
(verb.) to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange.
(verb.) restore the honor or worth of.
Typist: Shelley--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
(v. t.) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
(v. t.) 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.
(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.
(v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
(v. t.) To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
(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.
Typed by Hester
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Repurchase, buy back.[2]. Ransom, free, liberate, deliver, rescue, recover, save.[3]. Compensate, make amends for, atone for.[4]. Fulfil, keep, discharge, make good.
Checker: Roberta
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repurchase, regain, retrieve, make_amends_for, recompense, ransom, liberate,rescue, recover, satisfy, fulfil, discharge
ANT:Pledge, lose, forfeit, abandon, betray, surrender, sacrifice
Edited by Daniel
Definition
v.t. to ransom: to relieve from captivity by a price: to rescue deliver: to pay the penalty of: to atone for: to perform as a promise: to improve put to the best advantage: to recover as a pledge.—adj. Redeem′able that may be redeemed.—ns. Redeem′ableness; Redeem′er one who redeems or ransoms esp. Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world.—adjs. Redeem′ing saving: good as exceptional to what is bad; Redeem′less incurable; Redemp′tive pertaining to redemption: serving or tending to redeem; Redemp′tory serving to redeem: paid for ransom.
Typed by Levi
Examples
- It is but lately that he died; and I was going up to Kentucky, to see if I could find and redeem my brother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Many of those who had run ten miles got back in time to redeem their reputation as gallant soldiers before night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Therefore, for totally different reasons, her food was as poor as Mrs. Archer's, and her wines did nothing to redeem it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Would to heaven that the shedding of mine own blood, drop by drop, could redeem the captivity of Judah! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I am now ready, and waiting to redeem my pledge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Tell down thy ransom, I say, and rejoice that at such rate thou canst redeem thee from a dungeon, the secrets of which few have returned to tell. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I'll redeem it at once. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The time was out in two days; I thought something might one day come of it too; and so redeemed the pledge. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He came back (in disguise), and redeemed the Moonstone, on the appointed day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He had accomplished the task he had set himself, his promise was redeemed, he had saved Charles. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And sure as I am a Christian woman, said Mrs. Shelby, you shall be redeemed as soon as I can any way bring together means. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Where it is long, a part of it may generally be redeemed by paying a small fine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Paper money is issued by individuals as they require it and redeemed twice yearly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Bear thou, like him, in patience, and labor in love; for sure as he is God, the year of his redeemed _shall_ come. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When the fact dawned on him it nearly broke his heart, but now it seemed the redeeming feature of the case. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This spur was perhaps the redeeming feature of the Roman Imperial system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If he redeems it, Mr. Luker must himself--according to the terms of his own arrangement--take the Diamond out of his banker's hands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Virginia