Word Meanings - HOSTAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before
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A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before we fight. Shak. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune. Bacon. (more info) hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage ; and both these meanings
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- REDEEM
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 - PLEDGERY
A pledging; suretyship. - PLEDGE
The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; - HOSTAGE
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. Your hostages I have, so have you mine; And we shall talk before - WARRANTOR
One who warrants. - SECURITY
1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please. - EARNESTLY
In an earnest manner. - PLEDGEOR; PLEDGOR
One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to Ant: pledgee. Note: This word analogically requires the e after g, but the spelling pledgor is perhaps commoner. - REDEEMER
1. One who redeems. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. - PLEDGELESS
Having no pledge. - WARRANTISE
Authority; security; warranty. Shak. - WARRANTER
One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse. (more info) 1. One who warrants, gives - PLEDGER
One who pledges. - PLEDGEE
The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered. - WARRANT
protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, fr. OHG. weren to grant, warrant, G. gewähren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. 1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, - REDEEMABLENESS
The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability. - SURETYSHIP
The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier. - GUARANTEE
The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor. Syn. -- Guarantee, Warranty. A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of - EARNEST
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly. - PLEDGET
A string of oakum used in calking. (more info) 1. A small plug. - UNWARRANTABLE
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. - INTERPLEDGE
To pledge mutually. - UNREDEEMED
Not redeemed. - SAFE-PLEDGE
A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. Bracton. - UNSURETY
Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. Sir T. More. - OVEREARNEST
Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n. - IMPLEDGE
To pledge. Sir W. Scott. - COSURETY
One who is surety with another. - UNWARRANTED
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable. - NONSURETY
Insecurity.