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Princeton's WordNet

  1. redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)adjective

    bringing about salvation or redemption from sin

    "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"

  2. redeeming(a)adjective

    compensating for some fault or defect

    "the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity"; "his saving grace was his sense of humor"

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  1. redeeming

    Redeeming generally refers to the act of compensating for faults, deficiencies, or negativity, or recovering, improving, or making amends for a mistake or shortcoming. It can also mean to gain or regain possession of something by paying a specified amount or meeting specified requirements. It is often used in religious contexts to refer to the act of salvation from sin. On the other hand, in finance, it's the act of paying off a debt or retrieving a property.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redeeming

    of Redeem

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of redeeming in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of redeeming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of redeeming in a Sentence

  1. Theodore Hesburgh:

    I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another

  2. Deepak Chopra:

    Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal.

  3. President Biden:

    The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it has no socially redeeming value… Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers.

  4. Etty Hillesum:

    We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.

  5. John Waters:

    I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.

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