redemptive

[ ri-demp-tiv ]

/ rɪˈdɛmp tɪv /

serving to redeem.

of, relating to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.

Origin of redemptive

First recorded in 1640–50; redempt(ion) + -ive

re·demp·tive·ly, adverb non·re·demp·tive, adjective un·re·demp·tive, adjective

The power of his story is not only redemptive, but regenerative too.

Mandela: The Last Good Man |Mark Gevisser |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is not about the redemptive power of violence, but the redemptive power of the media.

The Wyatt Earp Myth: America’s Most Famous Vigilante Wasn’t |Andrew C. Isenberg |July 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
That night we all shared in the sweetness of his redemptive victory.

What Progressives Want From Obama’s Second Term |Anthony Woods |November 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Major characters are killed off, and there is never any kind of ‘redemptive’ aspect to the story.

‘Forbrydelsen,’ ‘Borgen,’ ‘The Bridge’: The Rise of Nordic Noir TV |Jace Lacob |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

We even have a tendency to portray politicians whom we hope will be redemptive in meteorological terms.

Apocalypse When? |Lee Siegel |August 28, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Much greater stress is laid upon the redemptive than upon the creative function.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
It took the moral degradation of the city to rouse the churches to activity as redemptive civic powers.

The Leaven in a Great City |Lillian William Betts
The speakers confess, that they know that the Servant's suffering was both vicarious and redemptive.

The Expositor's Bible |George Adam Smith
During the second stage the kindergarten was valued largely as a reformatory and redemptive influence.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 |Various
And it means too, that there will be in a secondary, a minor sense, a redemptive value in my suffering.

Quiet Talks on Following the Christ |S. D. Gordon