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Ransomed vs Redeemed - What's the difference?

ransomed | redeemed |

As verbs the difference between ransomed and redeemed

is that ransomed is past tense of ransom while redeemed is past tense of redeem.

As an adjective redeemed is

granted redemption or salvation.

ransomed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ransom)

  • ransom

    English

    (wikipedia ransom)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
  • They were held for two million dollars ransom .
    They were held to ransom .
  • * 1674 , , Paradise Lost , Book XII:
  • Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty.
  • * 2010 , Caroline Alexander, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad :
  • As rich as was the ransom Priam paid for Hektor, Hermes says, his remaining sons at Troy “'would give three times as much ransom / for you, who are alive, were Atreus' son Agamemnon / to recognize you.'”
  • The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
  • prisoners hopeless of ransom
    (Dryden)
  • (historical, legal, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
  • (Blackstone)

    Usage notes

    * (term) is much more common in the US, (to) in the UK.

    Derived terms

    * king's ransom

    Verb

  • To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  • To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
  • to ransom prisoners from an enemy
  • To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
  • Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. — Berners.

    See also

    * bail

    References

    Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

    Anagrams

    * * * * *

    redeemed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Granted redemption or salvation.
  • (of a coupon or offer) Spent; used in a purchase, and thus no longer usable.
  • Antonyms

    * unredeemed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (redeem)