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.) 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.
Redeemability
(Re*deem`a*bil"i*ty) n. Redeemableness.
Redeemable
(Re*deem"a*ble) a.
1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a
pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds,
promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.
Redeemableness
(Re*deem"a*ble*ness) n. The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
Redeemer
(Re*deem"er) n.
1. One who redeems.
2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Redeless
(Rede"less) a. Without rede or counsel. [Obs.]
Redeliberate
(Re`de*lib"er*ate) v. t. & i. To deliberate again; to reconsider.
Redeliver
(Re`de*liv"er) v. t.
1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ayiffe.
