redeem

redeem is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

[2] Hence, specifically:

[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] 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.