0 past simple and past participle of redeem --
1 to make something or someone seem less bad: --
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.
He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.
A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards.
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: --
However, in the overall context of modernism, the postmodern excursion into an emotional involvement is ultimately redeemed through discourse.
It also solicited data on the amount and type of land being redeemed by each household, soil type and per capita allotment size.
Physical pain was the price paid for original sin, and physical pain redeemed the same sin.
But a handful continued to recognize my value, until you, my savior, appeared, saved my life and redeemed me.
Obviously not, since by hypothesis he is redeemed.
The patriarch has been saved but not, like the son, redeemed.
It was martyrdom and not ordination that gave them the power of absolution since their sufferings redeemed others.
The monetary authority could issue "gold certificates" instead, to be redeemed at the end of the period for money (gold).
