ransoming

Meaning of ransoming

verb
  1. (14th century) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties.
  2. To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
    to ransom prisoners from an enemy
  3. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.
    Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. — Berners.

Information about ransoming

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ransoming

ran-som-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • ransoming is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Anagrams of ransoming

amornings

Words that rhyme with ransoming

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