Defenition of the word ransom

• Defenition of the word ransom

  • Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
  • To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
  • the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
  • payment for the release of someone
  • money demanded for the return of a captured person
  • exchange or buy back for money; under threat

Synonyms for the word ransom

• • ransom money
  • redeem

Hypernyms for the word ransom

• • change
  • cost
  • defrayal
  • defrayment
  • exchange
  • interchange
  • paying
  • payment
  • recovery
  • retrieval
  • surname

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