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ransom: the act of freeing from captivity or punishment; payment for the release of someone; money demanded for the return of a captured person; exchange or buy back for money; under threat

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repossess collapse

get back collapse

recuperation collapse

kidnap collapse: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

shanghai collapse: the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world; take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

regain collapse

retrieval collapse: the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"; (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

repossession collapse: the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)

recuperate collapse: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"; restore to good health or strength

resumption collapse: beginning again

salvation collapse: saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"; a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"; the state of being saved or preserved from harm

retrieve collapse: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"

retake collapse: a shot or scene that is photographed again; photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

recoup collapse: reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

recover collapse: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"; cover anew; "recover a chair"; get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"; regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

liberate collapse: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

recapture collapse: the act of taking something back; a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount; capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"; take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"; experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"; take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

replevin collapse

freeing collapse

extrication collapse

extricate collapse: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

liberation collapse: the act of liberating someone or something; the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"

reclaim collapse: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"; reuse (materials from waste products); claim back

take back collapse: cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"; move text to the previous line; in printing; regain possession of something; resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

renovate collapse: restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"

redemption collapse: the act of purchasing back something previously sold; (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil; repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

bail out collapse: remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side; free on bail

reclamation collapse: the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

recovery collapse: the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost); return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"

rescue collapse: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"; take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"; free from harm or evil

carry off collapse

saving collapse: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

blackmail collapse: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information; obtain through threats; exert pressure on someone through threats

deliverance collapse

resume collapse: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"; return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"; assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

restoration collapse: the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state; the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660; a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.; some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the restoration looked exactly like the original"; the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

carry away collapse

restore collapse: give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"; bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"; return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

salvage collapse: the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire; the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction; property or goods saved from damage or destruction; collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food"; save from ruin, destruction, or harm

snatch collapse: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion; a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"; to make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at the butterflies"; to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

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