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 Words From

• unre·deeming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of redeeming¹

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

Example Sentences

By the early 1970s, there were few redeeming qualities to the South Vietnamese government for people to support it over the Vietcong.

From Ozy

And, once again, I am reminded that one of the great, redeeming virtues of the Olympics is that they cause us to care about sports that we would otherwise only watch in response to a bribe or a threat.

From Outside Online

It was vital that the lead character, April Chen, came off like a real person—that is to say, mostly flawed to the core save for a few redeeming qualities.

From The Daily Beast

But what about stuff that has no obvious redeeming qualities to it?

From The Daily Beast

He has no redeeming or (even complicating) qualities—no depths to plumb, no angles to survey, no gray areas to explore.

From The Daily Beast

Yet as bad as these men were, they each possessed redeeming qualities that managed to fool us for most, if not all, of the season.

From The Daily Beast

And even from a hard-right POV, the nation has many redeeming characteristics.

From The Daily Beast

This was probably the most redeeming part of the three-hour Sound of Music special on NBC.

From The Daily Beast

The other anecdote would be a very ugly story were it not for the redeeming conclusion.

From Project Gutenberg

His love for art is the real redeeming point in his history.

From Project Gutenberg

"We are a barbarous, rude set," he answered with redeeming frankness.

From Project Gutenberg

His love for his mother is the redeeming feature in his character.

From Project Gutenberg

With his faults, such as they were, he had the redeeming virtue in my eyes of being a keen sportsman.

From Project Gutenberg