Definition for RAN'SOM

RAN'SOM, v.t. [Sw. ransonera; Dan. ranzonerer; Fr. rançonner; Arm. rançzouna.]

  1. To redeem from captivity or punishment by paying an equivalent; applied to persons; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
  2. To redeem from the possession of an enemy by paying a price deemed equivalent; applied to goods or property.
  3. In Scripture, to redeem from the bondage of sin and from the punishment to which sinners are subjected by the divine law. The ransomed of the Lord shall return. – Is. xxxv.
  4. To rescue; to deliver. – Hos. xiii.

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