redeeming
Making up for
Redeeming describes a quality that compensates for flaws or makes something worthwhile despite its problems: The film's only redeeming feature was the cinematography.
A redeeming quality saves something from being entirely bad.
In religious contexts, redeeming relates to salvation—Christ's redeeming sacrifice.
The word often appears with "quality," "feature," or "value" to identify what rescues an otherwise disappointing whole.
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
contrition · reconciliation · grace · mercy · salvation · confession · remorse · penitence
Degree of importance
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- qualityStandard or attribute
- saving graceCompensating good quality
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
benefit · compensation · advantage · mitigating · offsetting · justifying · potential · significance
Recovering damaged goods
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- retrievalAct of getting back
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- savingReserving for future use
restoration · rescue · rehabilitation · revival · renewal · reclaiming · recovering · preserving
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
expiation · contrition · reconciliation · grace · mercy · salvation · confession · remorse · penitence · purification
worth
Degree of importance
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- qualityStandard or attribute
- saving graceCompensating good quality
virtue · benefit · compensation · advantage · mitigating · offsetting · justifying · potential · significance · usefulness
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- retrievalAct of getting back
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
saving · restoration · rescue · rehabilitation · revival · renewal · reclaiming · recovering · preserving · resurrecting
voucher
Redeemable certificate for value
miles · rewards · loyalty · certificate · code · giftcard · promotion · discount · rebate · bonus
redeemingdamning
Proving guilt conclusively
condemning · damaging · disqualifying · incriminating · aggravating
redeemingdamning
Proving guilt conclusively
condemning · forsaking · abandoning · punishing · destroying
redeemingforfeiting
Losing as penalty
surrendering · relinquishing · abandoning · pawning · losing
- redeeming oneselfRecovering lost moral standing
- redeeming qualitiesVirtues offsetting faults
- redeeming qualityVirtue that compensates faults
redeem, redemption, redeemed, irredeemable, redeems, redemptive, redeemer, unredeemed, irredeemably