REDEEM Copy link • REDEEMredimere, with or without pecunia or pretio: to redeem from slavery, redimere e servitute: to redeem anybody with one’s blood, sanguine suo redimere aliquem; e.g., from death, ab Acheronte (Nep., Dion., 10, 2). To redeem a captive, captivum redimere ab hostibus: to redeem a pledge, repignerare quod pignori datum est (Ulp., Dig., 12, 6, 5, § 12). To redeem the land-tax, agrum eximere de vectigalibus (Cic.; general term), or *de vectigali publico, or *de aestimatione publice probata [Vid: LAND-TAX]. To repair; Vid.