redeemed

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.— Ps. xxv. 22.[1913 Webster]

The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed.— Sandys.[1913 Webster]

4.(Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. [1913 Webster]

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.— Gal. iii. 13.[1913 Webster]

5.To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. [1913 Webster]

I will redeem all this on Percy's head.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime?— Milton.[1913 Webster]

It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

To redeem the time, to make the best use of it. [1913 Webster]