redeem

About 1.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
2. verb To liberate by payment of a ransom.
3. verb To set free by force.
4. verb To save, rescue.
5. verb To clear, release from debt or blame.
6. verb To expiate, atone (for).
7. verb To convert (some bond or security) into cash.
8. verb To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

Similar words

save ransom pay off deliver refund repurchase restore repay reimburse rescue

Often followed by

the his them it their us himself a its

Word family

redeemable redeemed redeeming redeems