redeem
verb (used with object)
to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.).
redeems
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present tense formof redeem (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And he’s racked up plenty of points in the process that he redeems for vacations, including a recent winter holiday trip to the Caribbean that would have otherwise cost him thousands of dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Under these arrangements, companies or brokers buy forest land to preserve it, so that by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere the land redeems or "offsets" the planet-warming emissions produced by firms' other activities.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Just when this thing seems dead, though, the movie picks up considerably, and the much-better second half nearly redeems it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
What redeems the film is the humane attempt to reach beyond the myth to access the man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
Whether he creates, redeems, converts, restores, or provides, he can only act like himself.
From Notes on the Book of Genesis by Charles Henry Mackintosh
