All ransom synonyms
ran·som
R r verb ransom
- manumit — to release from slavery or servitude.
- disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- buy — If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- deliver — If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- hold over — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- cash in — If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- bailed — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- get the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- disimprison — to release from imprisonment.
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
noun ransom
- heroics — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- extrication — The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
- martyr — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.