💸 Freed by payment 🙏 Saved from sin

ransomed

9.9

Saved from sin by Jesus' sacrifice

adjective
/ˈrænsəmd/

Literature

: redimido

In Christian belief, the faithful are ransomed by the sacrifice of Jesus.

Examples

The ransomed souls found peace at last.
She felt ransomed from her old life after her spiritual awakening.
Hymns often celebrate the joy of being ransomed and forgiven.
She felt ransomed from her past mistakes.
In Christian belief, the faithful are ransomed from sin through the sacrifice of Jesus.
Hymns often celebrate the joy of being ransomed and liberated from spiritual captivity.
The ransomed souls found peace at last after their spiritual journey.

Synonyms

redeemed

vsransomed

Formal

7.5

Saved from sin by forgiveness when you believe

focuses specifically on liberation by Christ's intervention or sacrifice

saved

vsransomed

Formal

5.1

People who believe they are rescued from sin and its punishment

highlights rescue through a specific sacrificial act by Christ instead

Antonyms

to condemn

Formal

49 5.6

To officially say someone must be punished for a crime

How Saved

ransomed

Literature

9.9

conversion

56 4.8

seeking

1 2.9

lost

7 5.3

Surface Forms

ransomed positive

Morphology

ransomed = ransom (semi-transparent) = ransom + ed

The form is clearly 'ransom' + '-ed', but the religious sense 'saved/liberated spiritually' is a metaphorical extension, not a literal payment.

Etymology

Ransomed in religious language uses the image of a paid ransom or being redeemed, meaning 'bought back', so to be ransomed is to be 'saved' or freed from sin by that act.