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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.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ransom'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ransom.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ransom'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ransom.html. 1828.
