Meanings
adjectiveredemptory (comparative more redemptory, superlative most redemptory)
comparative more redemptory · superlative most redemptory
- Paid as ransom; serving to redeem.
Omega sings the Exsequies, / And Hector's redemptory prise.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLCSynonyms: redeeming
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePaid as ransom; serving to redeem.
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adjectiveof or relating to or resulting in redemption
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redemptory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redemptory
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