To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.
To exact a ransom (payment) in exchange for the freedom of.
The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration.
A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).