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Redeem

To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

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Broader term 9

Cash 76% connected

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reestablish 76% connected

To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health.

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Reinstate 76% connected

To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king…

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Redeemer 74% connected

One who redeems.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Redeemer 74% connected

One who redeems.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Redemptory 74% connected

Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.

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Redemptory 74% connected

Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Repurchase 74% connected

To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Repurchase 74% connected

To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

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See also 2

Pay 66% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 66% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Deliver 92% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ransom 92% connected

The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Save 92% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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