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English
Etymology
Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdiːm/
- Rhymes: -iːm
- Hyphenation: re‧deem
Verb
redeem (third-person singular simple present redeems, present participle redeeming, simple 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.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:Your Highneſſe needs not doubt but in ſhort time,
He will with Tamburlaines deſtruction
Redeeme you from this deadly ſeruitude.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 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 ...
- (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
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Translations
to recover ownership of something by paying a sum
to liberate by payment of ransom
to clear, release from debt or blame
to save from a state of sin
to restore the reputation, honour of ...
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Anagrams
Galician
Verb
redeem
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of redar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Portuguese
Verb
redeem
- inflection of redar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative