redeem

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

2. 2transitive verb

   To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4transitive verb

   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.

5. 5transitive verb

   Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

6. 6transitive verb

   To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8verb

   convert into cash; of commercial papers

9. 9verb

   pay off (loans or promissory notes)

10. 10verb

    exchange or buy back for money; under threat

    Synonyms

    ransom
11. 11verb

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

12. 12verb

    restore the honor or worth of

13. 13verb

    save from sins

    Synonyms

    deliversave