ransom sb. (the ordinary sense is freq.)
1.
procuring
of one's release from captivity
2H6 IV. i. 10
“Here shall they make
their ransom.”
2.
atonement, expiation
Gent. V. iv. 75
“If hearty sorrow Be a
sufficient for offence,”
2H6 III. i. 127, R3 V. iii. 266,
Cym. V. iii. 80
“For me, my ransom's
death.”
