Milton.
It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
Shak.
To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.
Re*deem`a*bil"i*ty (-?*b?l"?*t?), n. Redeemableness.
Re*deem"a*ble (-?*b;l), a. 1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.
Re*deem"a*ble*ness (r?*d?m"?*b'l*n?s), n. The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
Re*deem"er (r?*d?m"?r), n. 1. One who redeems.
2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Rede"less (r?d"l?s), a. Without rede or counsel. [Obs.]
Re`de*lib"er*ate (r?`d?*l?b"?r*?t), v. t. & i. To deliberate again; to reconsider.
Re`de*liv"er (r?`d?*l?v"?r), v. t. 1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay&?;iffe.
2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again.
3. To report; to deliver the answer of. [R.] "Shall I redeliver you e'en so?" Shak.
Re`de*liv"er*ance (-ans), n. A second deliverance.
Re`de*liv"er*y (-?), n. 1. Act of delivering back.
2. A second or new delivery or liberation.
Re`de*mand" (r?`d-m?nd"), v. t. [Pref. re- back, again + demand: cf. F. redemander.] To demand back; to demand again.
Re`de*mand", n. A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
Re`de*mise" (-m?z"), v. t. To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.
Re`de*mise", n. (Law) The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise.
Re*dem"on*strate (r?*d?m"?n*str?t or r?`d?*m?n"-str?t), v. t. To demonstrate again, or anew.
Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituent of character or a guide in action.
Lowell.
Re*demp"ti*ble (r?*d?mp"t?*b'l), a. Redeemable.
Re-demp"tion (-sh?n), n. [F. rédemption, L. redemptio. See Redeem, and cf. Ransom.] The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Specifically: (a) (Law) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reëntering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity. (b) (Com.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder. (c) (Theol.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
In whom we have redemption through his blood.
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