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adjectiveoffsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like: a redeeming quality. Origin of redeemingFirst recorded in 1745–55; redeem + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM redeemingun·re·deem·ing, adjectiveWords nearby redeemingred earth, redecorate, redeem, redeemable, redeemer, redeeming, redeeming feature, redefine, redeliver, redemand, red emperor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for redeemingBut what about stuff that has no obvious redeeming qualities to it? Yes, Your Toddler Can Watch TV: The New Rules for Screen Time|Russell Saunders|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST He has no redeeming or (even complicating) qualities—no depths to plumb, no angles to survey, no gray areas to explore. Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding|Andrew Romano|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST This was probably the most redeeming part of the three-hour Sound of Music special on NBC. 'Sound of Music' Gets Huge Ratings, 'Family Guy's' Brian Griffin Is Coming Back|Culture Team|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST But, as Travis Williams puts it, “Every case has a redeeming quality, not necessarily every person.” ‘Gideon’s Army’: Gerald Shargel on the Defense That Never Rests|Gerald L. Shargel|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yet the job is not without its redeeming qualities and unique experiences. Blood, Sweat and Sex: My Hard Life in Porn|Aurora Snow|March 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST The only redeeming feature was a better garden than most London houses have, a strip as wide as the house, and thirty yards long. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II)|Charles Darwin But the worst are the ones where the Indians are depicted as brutal savages with no redeeming virtues. Pushbutton War|Joseph P. Martino Baron von Pilsach possesses the redeeming rudimentary virtue of courage. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson Such acts pour a flood of redeeming sunshine upon the characters of both these men. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland|Henry B. Stanton I've met a good many tough characters in my day, but you are the first I have ever encountered without a redeeming feature. Olympian Nights|John Kendrick Bangs
British Dictionary definitions for redeeming
adjectiveserving to compensate for faults or deficiencies in quality, etcone redeeming feature Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to redeemingcompensating, saving, extenuating, qualifying, compensatory, extenuatory, redemptive |