| redeemable | | |
| adj. | 1. redeemable | recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition.; "redeemable goods in a pawnshop" |
| ~ recoverable | capable of being recovered or regained.; "recoverable truth of a past event" |
| adj. | 2. cashable, redeemable | able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent.; "a cashable check"; "cashable gambling chips"; "redeemable stocks and bonds"; "a redeemable coupon" |
| ~ convertible, exchangeable | capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value.; "convertible securities" |
| adj. | 3. redeemable, reformable | susceptible to improvement or reform.; "a redeemable sinner" |
| ~ corrigible | capable of being corrected or set right.; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" |
| ransom | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. ransom, ransom money | money demanded for the return of a captured person. |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| n. (act) | 2. ransom | payment for the release of someone. |
| ~ defrayal, defrayment, payment | the act of paying money. |
| n. (act) | 3. ransom | the act of freeing from captivity or punishment. |
| ~ recovery, retrieval | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost). |
| v. (possession) | 4. ransom, redeem | exchange or buy back for money; under threat. |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| redeem | | |
| v. (social) | 1. deliver, redeem, save | save from sins. |
| ~ organized religion, religion, faith | an institution to express belief in a divine power.; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
| v. (social) | 2. redeem | restore the honor or worth of. |
| ~ reestablish, reinstate, restore | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position.; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" |
| v. (possession) | 3. redeem | to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange. |
| ~ exchange, interchange, change | give to, and receive from, one another.; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" |
| v. (possession) | 4. pay off, redeem | pay off (loans or promissory notes). |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| v. (possession) | 5. redeem | convert into cash; of commercial papers. |
| ~ cash, cash in | exchange for cash.; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail" |
| uproot | | |
| v. (social) | 1. deracinate, uproot | move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment.; "The war uprooted many people" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| v. (creation) | 2. eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot | destroy completely, as if down to the roots.; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (contact) | 3. deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| ~ stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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