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Bought back, having had second thoughts? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redeemed

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'bought back' is the definition.
('redeem' can be a synonym of 'buy back')

'second thoughts?' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 're' (prefix meaning second in eg review, re-education).
'thoughts?' becomes 'deemed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
're'+'deemed'='REDEEMED'

'having had' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for redeemed that I've seen before include "Saved from sins or bought back from the pawnshop" , "Made up for; bought back" , "Restored to favour" , "Saved as from hell or pawnshop" , "free from error" .)

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