Redeem

Quick meaning: Redeem is a verb meaning (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
2. (transitive) To set free by force.
3. (transitive) To save, rescue.
4. (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame.
5. (transitive) To expiate, atone (for).
6. (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
7. (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

Example Sentences

Your Highneſſe needs not doubt but in ſhort time, He will with Tamburlaines deſtruction Redeeme you from this deadly ſeruitude.

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments .

Word Forms

• redeems
• redeeming
• redeemed

Synonyms for redeem

Depending on context, synonyms include buy back, repurchase, deliver, pay off, ransom, save.

Antonyms for redeem

Common opposites include abandon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include save, ransom, pay off, deliver, refund, repurchase.

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