Redeem

re-dem', v. [-deemed (-demd'), -deeming.] To purchase back, repurchase. (Law.) To recall (an estate) or regain (mortgaged property) by paying what may be due. (Com.) To receive back by paying the obligation (a promi ory note, bond, or other evidence of debt). To ransom or rescue from captivity, bondage, etc., by paying a price or ransom. (Theol.) To rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and its penalties. To discharge (a penalty or obligation); to make good by performance (a promise). [F. redimer,L,. redimere, -emptum ir.red- = reand emere, to buy: see Example; ransom.] — Redeemable, a. — Redeem'er, n. One who, etc. the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. — Redemp'- tion, -dem's hun, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. (Lmo.) Liberation of an estate from a mortgage; right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. (Com.) Repurchase Dy the i uer, of notes, bills, etc., by making payment to the holder. (Theol.) The deliverance of sinners frcm the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. [F.; L. redemplio.] — Redemp'tioner, n. One who redeems himself from debt oi servitude.— Redemp'"- tive, -tiv, a. Serving or tending to redeem. — Redemp'tory, -to-rl, a. Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.