Redeem vs Accept - What's the difference?
redeem | accept |
To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
To liberate by payment of a ransom.
To set free by force.
To save, rescue
To clear, release from debt or blame
To expiate, atone (for ...)
(finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
To repair, restore
To reform, change (for the better)
To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
(archaic) To reclaim
To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
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* (rfdate), Psalms 20:3
To admit to a place or a group.
To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
To endure patiently.
(transitive, legal, business) To agree to pay.
To receive officially
To receive something willingly.
(obsolete) Accepted.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), , V-ii
In transitive terms the difference between redeem and accept
is that redeem is to restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something while accept is to receive officially.As an adjective accept is
accepted.redeem
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (recover ownership) buy back, repurchaseAntonyms
* abandonDerived terms
* redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemedaccept
English
Verb
(en verb)- She accepted of a treat.
- The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
- The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
- I accept the fact that Christ lived.
- I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- I accept my punishment.
- to accept the report of a committee
- I accept .
Synonyms
* receive * take * withtake * admitAntonyms
* reject * declineDerived terms
* accepted * acceptedly * accepter * acceptive * accept a bill * accept person * accept serviceAdjective
(en adjective)- Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
