redemptive
Americanadjective
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serving to redeem.
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of, relating to, or centering on redemption or salvation.
redemptive religions.
Other Word Forms
- nonredemptive adjective
- redemptively adverb
- unredemptive adjective
Etymology
Origin of redemptive
First recorded in 1640–50; redempt(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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"The record really takes you through a journey, with some powerful themes around conflict, but Olivia leaves you with a track about the redemptive power of love, which is a really poignant final note".
From BBC
For those bands still trying to stay together, the night was redemptive.
From Los Angeles Times
He understood, as he sang in “Ring of Fire,” that love could be painful as well as pleasant and that either way it was redemptive.
“There’s this language of the discarded thing. The language of transformation and redemption. This all feels very redemptive to me.”
From Los Angeles Times
Some relationships do redemptively transform for the better and evolve into a much more nourishing and aligned version of however they existed before.
From Los Angeles Times
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