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Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo..

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Raunsoun :: Raunsoun (n.) Ransom.

Geld :: Geld (n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

Ransoming :: Ransoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ranso.

Binding :: Binding (pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel..

Ransomable :: Ransomable (a.) Such as can be ransomed.

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) 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..

Sleeper :: Sleeper (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.

Transom :: Transom (n.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Re-demption :: Re-demption (n.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Ransomless :: Ransomless (a.) Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.

Transsummer :: Transsummer (n.) See Transom, 2..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document..

Transom :: Transom (n.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit..

Ransomer :: Ransomer (n.) One who ransoms or redeems.

Redemptory :: Redemptory (a.) Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment..

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