redemptive

[ ri-demp-tiv ]

/ rɪˈdɛmp tɪv /

serving to redeem.

of, relating to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1640–50; redempt(ion) + -ive

Related formsre·demp·tive·ly, adverbnon·re·demp·tive, adjectiveun·re·demp·tive, adjective

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The power of his story is not only redemptive, but regenerative too.
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It is not about the redemptive power of violence, but the redemptive power of the media.
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That night we all shared in the sweetness of his redemptive victory.
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Major characters are killed off, and there is never any kind of ‘redemptive’ aspect to the story.
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We even have a tendency to portray politicians whom we hope will be redemptive in meteorological terms.
Apocalypse When?|Lee Siegel|August 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Much greater stress is laid upon the redemptive than upon the creative function.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various
It took the moral degradation of the city to rouse the churches to activity as redemptive civic powers.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
The speakers confess, that they know that the Servant's suffering was both vicarious and redemptive.
The Expositor's Bible|George Adam Smith
During the second stage the kindergarten was valued largely as a reformatory and redemptive influence.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10|Various
And it means too, that there will be in a secondary, a minor sense, a redemptive value in my suffering.
Quiet Talks on Following the Christ|S. D. Gordon

adj.

1640s, from redempt (mid-15c.), adjective from Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redemption) + -ive. Related: Redemptively.