About The Word Ransom
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Ransom Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Ransom?
[n] the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
[n] payment for the release of someone [n] money demanded for the return of a captured person [v] exchange or buy back for money; under threat Synonyms | Synonyms for Ransom: ransom money | redeem Related Terms | Find terms related to Ransom: See Also | change | cost | defrayal | defrayment | exchange | interchange | payment | recovery | retrieval Ransom In Webster's Dictionary \Ran"som\, n. [OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. ran[,c]on,
raen[,c]on, raan[,c]on, F. ran[,c]on, fr. L. redemptio, fr.
redimere to redeem. See {Redeem}, and cf. {Redemption}.]
1. The release of a captive, or of captive, or of captured
property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as,
prisoners hopeless of ransom. --Dryden.
2. 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.
Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
--Milton.
His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he
paid for his liberty. --Sir J.
Davies/.
3. (O. Eng. Law) 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. --Blackstone.
{Ransom bill} (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of
nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and
its safe conduct into port. --Kent.
\Ran"som\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ransomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ransoming}.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See {Ransom}, n.] 1. 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. 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. --Berners. |
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