redemptive
[ri-demp-tiv]
- serving to redeem.
- of, relating to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.
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Origin of redemptive
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Examples from the Web for redemptive
Contemporary Examples
The power of his story is not only redemptive, but regenerative too.
It is not about the redemptive power of violence, but the redemptive power of the media.
That night we all shared in the sweetness of his redemptive victory.
Major characters are killed off, and there is never any kind of ‘redemptive’ aspect to the story.
We even have a tendency to portray politicians whom we hope will be redemptive in meteorological terms.
Historical Examples
It is a shame that we would rather be pretty than redemptive.
Herein is LoveReuel L. Howe
Secular work was not yet a part of the redemptive work of the Church.
The Leaven in a Great CityLillian William Betts
Ransom means something to loosen with; that is, a redemptive price.
The Harp of GodJ. F. Rutherford
Love like that I bear you must in some way be redemptive in its nature.
The Redemption of David CorsonCharles Frederic Goss
Much greater stress is laid upon the redemptive than upon the creative function.
Word Origin and History for redemptive
adj.
1640s, from redempt (mid-15c.), adjective from Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redemption) + -ive. Related: Redemptively.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper