Thesaurus: ransom

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1. n. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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.
4. n. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
5. n. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
6. n. money demanded for the return of a captured person
7. n. payment for the release of someone
8. n. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
9. v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat
10. A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and thedischarge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporalpunishment. Blackstone. Ransom bill (Law), a war contract, valid bythe law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea andits safe conduct into port. Kent.
11. v:6/n:94 n. money demanded for the return of a captured person n. payment for the release of someone n. the act of freeing from captivity or punishment v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat