Redeem vs Rescue - What's the difference?
redeem | rescue |
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 save from any violence, danger or evil.
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
To recover forcibly
To deliver by arms, notably from a siege
(figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 13
, author=Sam Lyon
, title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal
, work=BBC
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
A liberation, freeing.
The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril
A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded
A rescuee.
Rescue is a synonym of redeem.
As verbs the difference between redeem and rescue
is that redeem is to recover ownership of something by buying it back while rescue is to save from any violence, danger or evil.As a noun rescue is
an act or episode of rescuing, saving.As a proper noun Rescue is
a city in California (zip code 95672.redeem
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (recover ownership) buy back, repurchaseAntonyms
* abandonDerived terms
* redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemedrescue
English
Verb
(rescu) (transitive)- ''The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche
- to rescue a prisoner from the enemy
- Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.
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Synonyms
* free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day * (to free from confinement) liberate, release * (to free from restraint) release, unshackle, untie * (to recover forcibly) recapture, retake * (to deliver by arms) liberate * (to rescue from evil or sin) redeem, saveAntonyms
* (all senses) abandon, ignore * endanger, imperil * (to free from confinement) enslave, incarcerate * (to free from restraint) bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude * (to recover forcibly) kidnap * (to deliver by arms) arrest, capture * (to rescue from evil or sin) corrupt, depraveDerived terms
* rescuee * rescuerNoun
(en noun)- ''The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders
- The dog proved a rescue with some behavior issues.