What is another word for "ransom"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "ransom": absolve, amende, amends, and, apologize, apology, ashes, atone, atonement, beg, bring, burnt, come, compensation, composition, compromise, conciliation, death, deliver, deliverance, delivery, down, emancipate, emancipation, expiate, expiation, extricable, extricate, extrication, fair, fall, flagellation, for, forfeit, from, gaol, get, give, good, honorable.

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