0 past simple and past participle of redeem
1 to make something or someone seem less bad:
A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards.
He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.
She took me to see a really dull film, the only redeeming feature of which (= the only thing which prevented it from being completely bad) was the soundtrack.
2 to get something back:
3 to exchange a piece of paper representing a particular amount of money for that amount of money or for goods to this value
5 (in Christianity) to free people from sin:
Many promises of a world redeemed or renewed are incorporated into advocating women's causes.
A mandated rule will be constitutional regardless of why the legislature enacted it, and a forbidden rule cannot be redeemed by good intentions.
Readers of this journal might think that lexicography is a worthy calling that need not be redeemed by literary criticism.
The value of this equity is uncertain until the policy is redeemed, and early redemption usually yields significantly less than the maturity value.
As bonds purchased on date t are redeemed on date t + 1, their gross receipts can be given to nonmovers only.
It is not generally known, however, how much of this debt had been redeemed by the time of emancipation.
So, too, dining was assumed to be both natural and always having to be redeemed into culture through the efforts of women as domestic managers.
The monetary authority could issue "gold certificates" instead, to be redeemed at the end of the period for money (gold).
