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. 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/. 3. (O. Eng. Law) 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 (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and its safe conduct into port. Kent. 1. 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. 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. Berners.
11. 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.
12. 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