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re⋅deem

[ri-deem]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.

2.	to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.

3.	to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch.

4.	to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods.

5.	to convert (paper money) into specie.

6.	to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.).

7.	to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness.

8.	to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom.

9.	Theology. to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME redemen < MF redimer < L redimere, equiv. to red- red- + -imere, comb. form of emere to purchase (cf. emptor, ransom )

Synonyms:
1-3. repurchase. Redeem, ransom both mean to buy back. Redeem is wider in its application than ransom, and means to buy back, regain possession of, or exchange for money, goods, etc.: to redeem one's property. To ransom is to redeem a person from captivity by paying a stipulated price, or to redeem from sin by sacrifice: to ransom a kidnapped child. 8, 9. free, liberate, rescue, save.

Antonyms:
1. abandon.

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re·deem (rĭ-dēm')

tr.v. re·deemed, re·deem·ing, re·deems

To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum.
To pay off (a promissory note, for example).
To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange.
To fulfill (a pledge, for example).
To convert into cash: redeem stocks.
To set free; rescue or ransom.
To save from a state of sinfulness and its consequences. See Synonyms at save¹.
To make up for: The low price of the clothes dryer redeems its lack of special features.
To restore the honor, worth, or reputation of: You botched the last job but can redeem yourself on this one.

[Middle English redemen, from Old French redimer, from Latin redimere : re-, red-, re- + emere, to buy; see em- in Indo-European roots.]
re·deem'a·ble adj.

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Redeem

Re*deem"\ (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-d?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.] [F. r['e]dimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.]

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

If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. --Lev. xxv. 29.

2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) 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.

3. 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.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. --Ps. xxv. 22.

The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. --Sandys.

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

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. --Gal. iii. 13.

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

I will redeem all this on Percy's head. --Shak.

6. 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.

Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime? --Milton.

It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. --Shak.

To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.

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Language Translation for : redeem

Spanish: desempeñar, rescatar,

German: einlösen,

Japanese: 買い戻す

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redeem

c.1425, from M.Fr. redemer (see redemption). Redeemer in the Christian sense (1432) replaced earlier redemptor.

Main Entry: re·deem
Pronunciation: ri-'dEm
Function: transitive verb
1 a : REPURCHASE b : to repurchase by right and not on the open market <redeem preferred shares>
2 a : to free from a lien or pledge usually by payment of the amount secured thereby <redeem collateral> b : to exercise an equity of redemption in (real property) by payment in full of a mortgage debt after default but prior to a foreclosure becoming effective redeem property prior to the actual sale under a judgment of foreclosure —Bowery Savings Bank v. Harbert Offset Corporation, 558 New York Supplement Reporter, Second Series 821 (1990)> —see also EQUITY OF REDEMPTION c : to exercise a right of redemption in (real property) within the period set by law by a repurchase that voids the effect of foreclosure or sale —see also RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
NOTE: A mortgagor with a right of redemption might redeem property within the set period following a foreclosure sale by paying the new purchaser the purchase price, interest, taxes, and lawful charges. d : to remove the obligation of by payment (as at maturity) <redeem a bond>
3 a : to present and have redeemed b : to exchange for something of value intransitive verb : to redeem something (as real property) redeem was therefore cut off —Hausman v. Dayton, 653 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 1190 (1995)>

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