redeem

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈdiːm/
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/ɹɪˈdiːm/ · /ɾiːˈd̪iːm/

Definition of redeem

12 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

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

  1. (transitive)To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
  2. (transitive)To liberate by payment of a ransom.
  3. (transitive)To set free by force.
    “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 ...”
  4. (transitive)To save, rescue.
  5. (transitive)To clear, release from debt or blame.
  6. (transitive)To expiate, atone (for).
  7. (transitive)To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
  8. (transitive)To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
  9. (transitive)To repair, restore.
  10. (transitive)To reform, change (for the better).
  11. (transitive)To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
  12. (archaic, transitive)To reclaim.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Anagrams of redeem

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