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Redeem \Re*deem"\ (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}.
(-d?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r['e]dimer, L.
redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy,
originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf.
{Assume}, {Consume}, {Exempt}, {Premium}, {Prompt},
{Ransom}.]
1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a
stipulated price; to repurchase.

If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city,
then he may redeem it within a whole year after it
is sold. --Lev. xxv.
29.

2. Hence, specifically:
(a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as
mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force
of the mortgage.
(b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or
condition stated; to discharge the obligation
mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other
evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.

3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage,
or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be
forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to
rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and
the like.

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. --Ps.
xxv. 22.

The Almighty from the grave
Hath me redeemed. --Sandys.

4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of
sin and the penalties of God's violated law.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us. --Gal. iii.
13.

5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to
redeem one's promises.

I will redeem all this on Percy's head. --Shak.

6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an
equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as,
to redeem an error.

Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem
Man's mortal crime? --Milton.

It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
--Shak.

{To redeem the time}, to make the best use of it.