redeem

Meaning

Verb

• To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
• To liberate by payment of a ransom.
• To set free by force.
• To save, rescue
• To clear, release from debt or blame
• To expiate, atone (for)
• To convert (some bond or security) into cash
• To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
• To repair, restore
• To reform, change (for the better)
• To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
• To reclaim

Related

Similar words

• buy back, repurchase

Opposite words

• abandon

Origin

• Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redimō ("release; obviate; atone for"), itself from re- + emō.