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redeem
/ɹɪˈdim/
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What does redeem mean?
verb
- To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- To set free by force.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To save, rescue.
- To clear, release from debt or blame.
- To expiate, atone (for).
- To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
- To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- To repair, restore.
- To reform, change (for the better).
- To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (archaic) To reclaim.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈdim/
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See this word in context.
O house of Israel, is my hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver?
But you will say, he might have saved the three thousand pounds, to redeem the pledged Diamond, if he had married.
More book examples (3)
Mrs. Barnum also gave up certain portions of her own property to redeem such notes as could be secured upon these terms.
To redeem what is past, and to transform every “It was” into “Thus would I have it!”—that only do I call redemption!
Marguerite would redeem her brother’s life at the hands of the relentless enemy, then let that cunning Scarlet Pimpernel extricate himself after that.