Ransom synonyms
răn'səm
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Part of speech:
The definition of a payment is all or part of what is owed by someone.
To set free from confinement or bondage:
(Chem.) To free from combination in a compound
The cost at which something is obtained:
The discharge of a debt or obligation.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
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To regain the use of (a faculty) or be restored to (a normal or usual condition):
To manage to reach again:
unfetter
To free from restraints or inhibitions.
(Rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
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To prevent the imposition of a scheduled or expected punishment, especially temporarily.
(Theol.) To deliver from sin and its penalties
bribe (related)
Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.
free (related)
Free means to release or let go.
(Proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
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To make amends or reparation for; atone for:
To rescue or save:
ransom money
money demanded for the return of a captured person
revindication
An act of revindicating.
hostage (related)
bounty (related)
redemption money
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(Uncountable) The condition of being reoccupied
Find another word for ransom. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ransom, like: payment, release, rescue, liberate, price, payoff, deliver, recover, regain, emancipate and unchain.
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