Definitions of ransom
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To
free
from
prison;
slavery,
or
punishment,
by
a
payment;
redeem;
deliver.
-
To
redeem
from
captivity,
punishment,
or
ownership.
-
To
redeem
by
a
ransom.
-
To
secure
the
release
of
for
a
price;
redeem.
-
To
redeem
from
captivity
or
bondage;
to
redeem
from
the
bondage
of
sin.
See
Redemption.
-
To
free
from
captivity,
slavery,
or
punishment,
by
the
payment
of
a
price;
to
redeem
from
the
bondage
or
punishment
of
sin.
-
the
act
of
freeing
from
captivity
or
punishment
-
payment
for
the
release
of
someone
-
money
demanded
for
the
return
of
a
captured
person
-
The
release
of
a
captive,
or
of
captured
property,
by
payment
of
a
consideration;
redemption;
as,
prisoners
hopeless
of
ransom.
-
The
money
or
price
paid
for
the
redemption
of
a
prisoner,
or
for
goods
captured
by
an
enemy;
payment
for
freedom
from
restraint,
penalty,
or
forfeit.
-
A
sum
paid
for
the
pardon
of
some
great
offense
and
the
discharge
of
the
offender;
also,
a
fine
paid
in
lieu
of
corporal
punishment.
-
To
redeem
from
captivity,
servitude,
punishment,
or
forfeit,
by
paying
a
price;
to
buy
out
of
servitude
or
penalty;
to
rescue;
to
deliver;
as,
to
ransom
prisoners
from
an
enemy.
-
To
exact
a
ransom
for,
or
a
payment
on.
-
Ransomer.
-
Price
paid
for
redemption
from
captivity
or
punishment:
release
from
captivity.
-
Price
paid
to
redeem
a
person
or
goods
from
captivity.
-
Money
paid
for
the
release
of
a
person
or
property
captured.
-
Release
purchased,
as
from
captivity;
redemption.
-
The
price
paid
for
the
redemption
of
a
prisoner
of
slave,
or
for
goods
captured
by
an
enemy;
release
from
captivity,
bondage,
or
possession
of
an
enemy;
a
sum
or
a
fine
paid
for
a
pardon;
the
price
paid
to
procure
the
pardon
of
sins,
and
the
redemption
of
the
sinner.
-
Price
paid
for
the
freedom
of
a
prisoner
or
slave,
or
for
the
restitution
of
goods
taken
by
an
enemy;
a
fine
paid
for
pardon,
or
in
lieu
of
corporal
punishment.
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