ransom

ransom
ransomer, n.
/ran"seuhm/, n.
1. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
2. the sum or price paid or demanded.
3. a means of deliverance or rescue from punishment for sin, esp. the payment of a redemptive fine.
v.t.
4. to redeem from captivity, bondage, detention, etc., by paying a demanded price.
5. to release or restore on receipt of a ransom.
6. to deliver or redeem from punishment for sin.
[1150-1200; (n.) ME ransoun < OF rançon < LL redemption- (s. of redemptio) REDEMPTION; (v.) ME ransounen < OF rançonner, deriv. of rançon]
Syn. 1. deliverance, liberation, release. 4. See redeem.

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