Ransom
101ransom — Synonyms and related words: buy, deliver, deliverance, delivery, emancipate, extract, extricate, extrication, free, freeing, get back, liberate, liberation, lifesaving, payment, price, recapture, reclaim, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup,… …
102ransom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. redeem. n. redemption, release, liberation. See atonement, payment, price. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redemption money, price, payment, payoff*; see bribe . v. Syn. release, rescue, deliver, recover,… …
103ransom — sb. RG. 374, 433. Fr. rancon …
104ransom — ran·som || rænsÉ™m n. redemption of a prisoner for a price; sum paid for the release of a prisoner v. release, liberate, free; pay money for the release of a prisoner …
105Ransom! — Voir La Rançon …
106ransom — manors …
107ransom — I. n. 1. Price of redemption. 2. Release, liberation, redemption, deliverance. II. v. a. 1. Redeem. 2. Rescue, liberate, deliver, redeem …
108Ransom — The idea that a knight would be captured rather than killed if defeated. In war, this generally meant the payment of a large capital sum, while in tourney it often meant forfeiture of armour and horse. See also Armour, as insurance …
109ransom — n 1. redemption, buying back, buying or paying off; rescue, extrication, restoration, deliverance, delivery; release, freeing, freedom, liberty, liberating, emancipation, manumission; discharge, parole, furlough, probation, acquittal, acquittance …
110ransom — ran·som …
