Word Meanings - RANSOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 , a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea

Additional info about word: RANSOM

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 , a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and its safe conduct into port. Kent. (more info) raançon, F. rançon, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See 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/.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RANSOM)

• Redeem
• Repurchase
• regain
• retrieve
• make amends for
• recompense
• ransom
• liberate
• rescue
• recover
• satisfy
• fulfil
• discharge
• Redemption
• retrieval
• recovery
• satisfaction
• fulfilment
• expiation
• compensation
• atonement
• salvation
• indemnification

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RANSOM)

• endanger
• imperil
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• expose

Related words: (words related to RANSOM)

• REDEMPTIONER
  1. One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude. 2. Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• RESCUER
  One who rescues.
• REDEMPTIONIST
  A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
• 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
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• RECOMPENSER
  One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
• BETRAYAL
  The act or the result of betraying.
• EXPOSE
  1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
• RECOVERANCE
  Recovery.
• RECOMPENSEMENT
  Recompense; requital. Fabyan.
• RETRIEVER
  A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded. (more info) 1. One who retrieves.
• SURRENDEROR
  One who makes a surrender, as of an estate. Bouvier.
• EXPIATION
  1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. 2. The means by which reparation
• RECOVERABLE
  Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
• REDEEMER
  1. One who redeems. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
• INDEMNIFICATION
  1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified. Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. Burke.
• RETRIEVAL
  The act retrieving.
• REDEMPTIONARY
  One who is, or may be, redeemed. Hakluyt.
• FULFILLER
  One who fulfills. South.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• UNREDEEMED
  Not redeemed.
• UNSATISFACTION
  Dissatisfaction. Bp. Hall.
• RECOMPENSE
  recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
• IRRECOVERABLE
  Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.
• DELIBERATELY
  With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
• DELIBERATE
  1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools."
• INSATISFACTION
  1. Insufficiency; emptiness. Bacon. 2. Dissatisfaction. Sir T. Browne.