redeeming quality
One compensating virtue
A redeeming quality is a positive trait that partially compensates for someone's flaws or an otherwise negative situation.
The phrase implies that without this saving grace, the person or thing would be wholly bad: The movie was tedious, but the soundtrack was its one redeeming quality.
Often appears in the negative: I can't find a single redeeming quality in him.
- redeemabilityCapacity to be saved
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- silver liningConsolation within misfortune
- ray of hopeSmall cause for optimism
one good thing · glimmer of hope · strength · heart · heart of gold · virtue · emotional depth · growth potential · grace · kindness · sincerity · inner beauty · moral courage · moral fiber · bright spot · hidden gem · diamond in the rough · second chance
redeeming qualityfatal flaw
Ruinous character defect
saving grace · Achilles' heel · undoing · downfall · dealbreaker
redeeming qualityfatal flaw
Ruinous character defect
vice · Achilles heel · shortcoming · weakness · bad habit
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