English Explanatory Dictionary

redeem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
  2. To liberate by payment of a ransom.
  3. To set free by force.
  4. To save, rescue.
  5. To clear, release from debt or blame.
  6. To expiate, atone (for).
  7. To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
  8. To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
  9. To repair, restore.
  10. To reform, change (for the better).
  11. To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
  12. To reclaim.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈdiːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redeem.wav /ɾiːˈd̪iːm/

Word forms

redeem redeems redeeming redeemed

Etymology

From Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from red- (“back; again”) + emō (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Synonyms

buy back repurchase

Antonyms

abandon

Related words

redemption redemptioner redemptor Redemptorist redemptory

Derived words

coredeem misredeem redeemability redeemable redeemably redeemer redeemless redeem oneself redeem the time unredeem unredeemable unredeemably unredeemed

Translations

Finnish: palauttaa kunnia French: racheter German: (Ruf) wiederherstellen Japanese: 回復する Portuguese: redimir Russian: обеля́ть Russian: обели́ть Spanish: redimir Turkish: aklamak Turkish: temize çıkarmak
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