redeem
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɹɨˈdiːm]
redeem (redeems, present participle redeeming; past and past participle redeemed)
- (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
- (transitive) To set free by force.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 6:6:
- 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 ...
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 6:6:
- (transitive) To save, rescue
- (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame
- (transitive) To expiate, atone (for)
- (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
- (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
- (transitive) To repair, restore
- (transitive) To reform, change (for the better)
- (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
- (transitive, archaic) To reclaim
- (recover ownership) buy back, repurchase
- French: racheter
- German: zurückkaufen
- Portuguese: resgatar, redimir
- Russian: выкупа́ть
- Spanish: redimir, rescatar
- German: loslösen, freikaufen
- Russian: выкупа́ть
- Portuguese: redimir-se
- Spanish: redimirse
- French: réparer, rétablir
- German: wiederherstellen
- French: améliorer, réformer
- German: verbessern
- Russian: улучша́ться
- French: racheter
- German: (Ruf) wiederherstellen
- Portuguese: redimir
- Russian: обеля́ть
- Spanish: redimir
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