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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absolved, acquitted, angelic, archangelic, assimilated, beatified, blotted, born again, canceled, canonized, celestial, changed, cherubic, circumcised, condoned, converted, delivered, disregarded, emancipated, exculpated, excused, exonerated, extricated, forgiven, forgotten, free, freed, glorified, heavenly, in glory, indulged, justified, liberated, martyred, naturalized, on parole, overlooked, pardoned, reborn, reformed, regenerate, regenerated, released, remitted, renewed, reprieved, rescued, sainted, saintly, sanctified, saved, seraphic, shriven, spared, spiritually purified, transformed, unavenged, unbound, uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, unshackled, untied, wiped away
Dictionary Results for redeemed:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
redeemed
    adj 1: saved from the bondage of sin [syn: ransomed,
           redeemed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Redeem \Re*deem"\ (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redeemed.
   (-d?md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.] [F. r['e]dimer, L.
   redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy,
   originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf.
   Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt,
   Ransom.]
   1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a
      stipulated price; to repurchase.
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            If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city,
            then he may redeem it within a whole year after it
            is sold.                              --Lev. xxv.
                                                  29.
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   2. Hence, specifically:
      (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as
          mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force
          of the mortgage.
      (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or
          condition stated; to discharge the obligation
          mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other
          evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
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   3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage,
      or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be
      forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to
      rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and
      the like.
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            Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. --Ps.
                                                  xxv. 22.
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            The Almighty from the grave
            Hath me redeemed.                     --Sandys.
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   4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of
      sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
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            Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
            being made a curse for us.            --Gal. iii.
                                                  13.
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   5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to
      redeem one's promises.
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            I will redeem all this on Percy's head. --Shak.
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   6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an
      equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as,
      to redeem an error.
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            Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem
            Man's mortal crime?                   --Milton.
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            It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows.
                                                  --Shak.
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   To redeem the time, to make the best use of it.
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