redeemed

[ri-deemd]

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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of redeemed¹

redeem ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"They're going to have to get redeemed in the next 12 months."

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Point guard Donovan Dent, the last of UCLA’s regular starters to enter the game against Sacramento State on Tuesday, redeemed himself with some offensive sorcery against Presbyterian.

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His many flaws are redeemed by his own awareness of them, as well as by the brilliance and originality of his thought.

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But instead of juicing cards’ cash-back percentages or points multipliers, issuers have offered more in credits that can be redeemed only with certain merchants.

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If the IOU isn’t redeemed in good time, the players have a problem.

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