Category:Redeem

Re*deem" (r*dm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-dp. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.] Etym: [f. r\'82dimer, 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.)

Defn: 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.