transitive. To buy off. To ransom; esp. to redeem (from sin, hell, etc.).

With immaterial object: To assuage, mitigate, soften, soothe (pain, suffering, etc.). Also, to mitigate (a sentence). Now rare.

To change (a punishment, or a sentence) for (to, into) another of less severity, or a fine (cf. 2).

colloquial. At a leisurely pace, comfortably, without much trouble; in a comfortable position (also transferred of a ship). In to take it easy, to…