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redeeming

adjective

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

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.

adjective

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

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 favourhe 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

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.