All 3 Uses of
redeem
in
The Comedy of Errors
- Merchant of Syracuse, plead no more; I am not partial to infringe our laws: The enmity and discord which of late Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke To merchants, our well-dealing countrymen,— Who, wanting guilders to redeem their lives, Have seal'd his rigorous statutes with their bloods,— Excludes all pity from our threat'ning looks.†
Scene 1.1
- Will you send him, mistress, redemption, the money in his desk?†
Scene 4.2 *
- I sent you money to redeem you, By Dromio here, who came in haste for it.†
Scene 4.4
Definition:
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(redeem as in: its main redeeming quality is...) to make up for something bad; or to save