redeeming

[ri-dee-ming]

adjective

1. offsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like.

   a redeeming quality.

redeeming

/ rɪˈdiːmɪŋ /

adjective

1. serving to compensate for faults or deficiencies in quality, etc

   one redeeming feature

Other Word Forms

• unredeeming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of redeeming¹

First recorded in 1745–55; redeem + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The members must contrive to pay the new guy off, which means redeeming the deadbeat’s paper.

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They offered not one redeeming feature as they slumped again, the visiting fans suffering as they made their way home from a freezing west London night.

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The country’s natural opposition party has 12 months before the midterms to make this break and start redeeming itself in the eyes of noncoastal America.

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For a long time, I had fantasies of solving this problem, of connecting them, of redeeming this painful rift.

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Making a concerted effort to join team bonding events has seemingly helped get him back on side, with US captain Keegan Bradley also pointing to DeChambeau's "X-Factor ability" and "fiery" energy as further redeeming qualities.

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