Synonyms for redeeming

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ri-dee-ming

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈdi mɪŋ

Définition of redeeming

Origin : early 15c., "buy back, ransom," from Middle French redemer "buy back," from Latin redimere (see redemption). Theological sense of "deliver from sin and spiritual death" is from c.1500. Meaning "make amends for" is from 1520s. Sense of "make good" (a promise, obligation, etc.) is from 1840. Related: Redeemed; redeeming.

adj offsetting

Example sentences :

If there was one redeeming feature about the man I might be uneasy.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

In that way only it seemed to me I could keep my hold on the redeeming facts of life.
Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

I look to that time and see woman the redeeming power of the world.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

But he had not one redeeming trait of character to justify his existence.
Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan

To Ernest this was the one redeeming touch to the desert's austerity.
Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie

One by one the States were redeeming their promises and ceding their western lands.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

I took her for a debt; but Nelson had the right of redeeming her, and he has done it.
Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

"My character don't need any redeeming," I declared, stoutly.
Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic

"We are a barbarous, rude set," he answered with redeeming frankness.
Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz

The party had promised to yield, but had put off redeeming its promise.
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

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