redeem
verb /rɪˈdiːm/
/rɪˈdiːm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they redeem | /rɪˈdiːm/ /rɪˈdiːm/ |
| he / she / it redeems | /rɪˈdiːmz/ /rɪˈdiːmz/ |
| past simple redeemed | /rɪˈdiːmd/ /rɪˈdiːmd/ |
| past participle redeemed | /rɪˈdiːmd/ /rɪˈdiːmd/ |
| -ing form redeeming | /rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/ /rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/ |
- redeem somebody/something to make somebody/something seem less bad synonym compensate
- The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot.
- The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary.
- She seems to have no redeeming qualities (= good aspects of her character) at all.
- In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets.
Synonyms savesave- rescue
- bail out
- redeem
- save to prevent somebody/something from dying, being harmed or destroyed or losing something:
- Doctors were unable to save him.
- a campaign to save the panda from extinction
- rescue to save somebody/something from a dangerous or harmful situation:
- They were rescued by a passing cruise ship.
- bail somebody out to rescue somebody/something from a difficult situation, especially by providing money:
- Don’t expect me to bail you out if it all goes wrong.
- redeem (formal, religion) to save somebody from the power of evil:
- He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.
- to save/rescue/redeem somebody/something from something
- to save/rescue/redeem a situation
- to save/redeem sinners/mankind
- to rescue somebody/bail somebody out financially
- redeem yourself to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad
- He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes.
- redeem somebody (in Christianity) to save somebody from the power of evil
- Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin.
- He was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God.
- redeem something to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt
- to redeem a loan/mortgage
- redeem something to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods
- This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches.
- redeem something to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object
- He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.
- redeem a pledge/promise (formal) to do what you have promised that you will do
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’.