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
However, he redeems himself as an administrator by writing impenetrable new rules on the size of officers’ sideburns and mustaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
There is something warm and genuine in his feelings and manner which is very attractive, and redeems him from the sin of worldliness with which he has been charged.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
