redeeming
adjective
re·deem·ing ri-ˈdē-miŋ 
: serving to offset or compensate for a defect
her performance is the film's redeeming feature
Example Sentences
The job's only redeeming feature is the employee discount.
Recent Examples on the Web None of her victims has a redeeming quality or generates empathy for their demise. 
Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2022 That has a certain redeeming quality, thinking, ‘This is hard, and these are the risks. Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 But even as the flow of the movie approaches incoherence, then rushes headlong past it, a redeeming strain of brotherly camaraderie takes root, even amid constant sniping and bitching. Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2022 And most of the time, probably without the redeeming quality of rainbows. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 Both films grind away for almost two and a half hours, stripped of the pop and the rush that are, or ought to be, the redeeming virtue of the genre. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021 The battery on the phone, thankfully, is a redeeming quality. Christian De Looper, BGR, 28 July 2021 Kmart’s vast quantities of real estate once considered a possible redeeming quality for its way forward made the vacancies all the more painful to behold. Grace L. Williams, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 Considering the messages shared are rooted in biblical principles of love, forgiveness and empathy, where else will such redeeming traits of living and belonging be instilled? Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021 See More
Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2022 That has a certain redeeming quality, thinking, ‘This is hard, and these are the risks. Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022 But even as the flow of the movie approaches incoherence, then rushes headlong past it, a redeeming strain of brotherly camaraderie takes root, even amid constant sniping and bitching. Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2022 And most of the time, probably without the redeeming quality of rainbows. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 Both films grind away for almost two and a half hours, stripped of the pop and the rush that are, or ought to be, the redeeming virtue of the genre. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021 The battery on the phone, thankfully, is a redeeming quality. Christian De Looper, BGR, 28 July 2021 Kmart’s vast quantities of real estate once considered a possible redeeming quality for its way forward made the vacancies all the more painful to behold. Grace L. Williams, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 Considering the messages shared are rooted in biblical principles of love, forgiveness and empathy, where else will such redeeming traits of living and belonging be instilled? Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
redeeming
verb
1
as in fulfilling
to do what is required by the terms of the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fulfilling
- satisfying
- keeping
- completing
- filling
- meeting
- answering
- finalizing
- accomplishing
- making good
- consummating
- achieving
- effecting
- executing
- abiding by
- finishing
- perfecting
- concluding
- complying (with)
- making
- making good on
- carrying out
- performing
- bringing about
- committing
- discharging
- compassing
- bringing off
- following through (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- violating
- breaking
- transgressing
- breaching
- ignoring
- disregarding
- forgetting
- neglecting
- overlooking
- defaulting (on)
- slighting
- passing over
- overpassing
2
as in saving
to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists Synonyms & Similar Words
- saving
- rescuing
- ransoming
- retrieving
- bailing
- liberating
- regaining
- releasing
- recovering
- buying
- salvaging
- emancipating
- delivering
- getting back
3
as in delivering
to free from the penalties or consequences of sin the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God Synonyms & Similar Words
- saving
- delivering
- forgiving
- reclaiming
- reforming
- pardoning
- sanctifying
- blessing
- purifying
- remitting
- consecrating
- shriving
- hallowing
4
as in rehabilitating
to make better in behavior or character the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children Synonyms & Similar Words
- rehabilitating
- improving
- reclaiming
- regenerating
- restoring
- reforming
- refining
- habilitating
- purifying
- cleansing
- reeducating
- amending
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- degrading
- subverting
- corrupting
- demoralizing
- lowering
- debauching
- demeaning
- warping
- perverting
- profaning
- poisoning
- prostituting
- depraving
- cankering
- abasing
5
as in compensating
to make up for (an offense) quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology Synonyms & Similar Words
- compensating
- repaying
- correcting
- expiating
- amending
- reimbursing
- rectifying
- redressing
- remunerating
- mending
- making amends for
- recompensing
- making good for
- propitiating
- atoning (for)