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Definition of ransom

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Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..

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Ransomed :: Ransomed (imp. & p. p.) of Ranso.

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

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.

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..

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

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..

Rescat :: Rescat (n.) Ransom; release.

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

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

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..

Transenne :: Transenne (n.) A transom.

Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..

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

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

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

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom..

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

Rescat :: Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.

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

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