redeeming

[ ri-dee-ming ]

/ rɪˈdi mɪŋ /

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adjective

offsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like: a redeeming quality.

Origin of redeeming

First recorded in 1745–55; redeem + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM redeeming

un·re·deem·ing, adjective

Words nearby redeeming

redear sunfish, redecorate, redeem, redeemable, redeemer, redeeming, redeeming feature, redefine, redeliver, redemand, redemption

Definition for redeeming (2 of 2)

redeem

[ ri-deem ]

/ rɪˈdim /

verb (used with object)

to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.

to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure.

to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch.

to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods.

to convert (paper money) into specie.

to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.).

to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness.

to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom.

Theology. to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner.

Origin of redeem

1375–1425; late Middle English redemen < Middle French redimer < Latin redimere, equivalent to red- red- + -imere, combining form of emere to purchase (cf. emptor, ransom)

SYNONYMS FOR redeem

1–3 repurchase. Redeem, ransom both mean to buy back. Redeem is wider in its application than ransom, and means to buy back, regain possession of, or exchange for money, goods, etc.: to redeem one's property. To ransom is to redeem a person from captivity by paying a stipulated price, or to redeem from sin by sacrifice: to ransom a kidnapped child.

8, 9 free, liberate, rescue, save.

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ANTONYMS FOR redeem

1 abandon.

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OTHER WORDS FROM redeem

pre·re·deem, verb (used with object) un·re·deemed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for redeeming

But what about stuff that has no obvious redeeming qualities to it?

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He has no redeeming or (even complicating) qualities—no depths to plumb, no angles to survey, no gray areas to explore.

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This was probably the most redeeming part of the three-hour Sound of Music special on NBC.

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But, as Travis Williams puts it, “Every case has a redeeming quality, not necessarily every person.”

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Yet the job is not without its redeeming qualities and unique experiences.

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The only redeeming feature was a better garden than most London houses have, a strip as wide as the house, and thirty yards long.

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But the worst are the ones where the Indians are depicted as brutal savages with no redeeming virtues.

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Baron von Pilsach possesses the redeeming rudimentary virtue of courage.

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Such acts pour a flood of redeeming sunshine upon the characters of both these men.

Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland |Henry B. Stanton
I've met a good many tough characters in my day, but you are the first I have ever encountered without a redeeming feature.

Olympian Nights |John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for redeeming (1 of 2)

redeeming

/ (rɪˈdiːmɪŋ) /

adjective

serving to compensate for faults or deficiencies in quality, etc one redeeming feature

British Dictionary definitions for redeeming (2 of 2)

redeem

/ (rɪˈdiːm) /

verb (tr)

to recover possession or ownership of by payment of a price or service; regain

to convert (bonds, shares, etc) into cash

to pay off (a promissory note, loan, etc)

to recover (something pledged, mortgaged, or pawned)

to convert (paper money) into bullion or specie

to fulfil (a promise, pledge, etc)

to exchange (trading stamps, coupons, etc) for goods

to reinstate in someone's estimation or good opinion; restore to favour he redeemed himself by his altruistic action

to make amends for

to recover from captivity, esp by a money payment

Christianity (of Christ as Saviour) to free (mankind) from sin by his death on the Cross

Derived forms of redeem

redeemer, noun

Word Origin for redeem

C15: from Old French redimer, from Latin redimere to buy back, from red- re- + emere to buy

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