redeemed

American  

[ri-deemd] / rɪˈdimd /

adjective

1. Theology. (in Christianity) having been saved or delivered from sin or its consequences.

   Then shall all the redeemed saints appear in glory.

2. having been paid, recovered, bought back, or exchanged for money or other goods.

   Payments for the redeemed stock totaled $77 million at the end of the fiscal year.

   Access codes purchased from other sellers carry a high risk of being either counterfeit or previously redeemed codes.

3. having been discharged or fulfilled.

   Read in this way, the book is the redeemed promise of a materialist critique of political economy.

4. having made amends for or overcome some wrongdoing or fault.

   In the end, having saved his young half-brother's life, he died a redeemed man.

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noun

1. Theology. Usually the redeemed (in Christianity) those who have been saved or delivered from sin or its consequences.

   We understand that all of us, even the redeemed, have a capacity for great evil.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of redeem.

Other Word Forms

• unredeemed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of redeemed

redeem ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Moolenaar redeemed Suozzi, absolving him of any New York weirdness.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Tanner Scott got the first save situation since the Dodgers lost closer Edwin Díaz to elbow surgery, and last year’s fallen closer redeemed himself for a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Holders of Two Harbors Series A, Series B and Series C preferred stock are slated to have their shares redeemed at $25 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The promotion runs from April 5 to June 7, and the free promotional days can be redeemed between April 6 and Dec. 31, Enterprise Mobility said.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Because my environment was bare and bleak, I endowed it with unlimited potentialities, redeemed it for the sake of my own hungry and cloudy yearning.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright