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- Dictionaryredeem/rɪˈdiːm/
verb
- 1. compensate for the faults or bad aspects of: "a disappointing debate redeemed only by an outstanding speech" Similar
- 2. gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment: "statutes enabled state peasants to redeem their land" Similar
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to make something or someone seem less bad: A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards. He was an hour late, but he redeemed him self in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.
REDEEM definition: 1. to make something or someone seem less bad: 2. to get something back: 3. to exchange a piece…. Learn more.
1. a. : to buy back : repurchase. b. : to get or win back. 2. : to free from what distresses or harms: such as. a. : to free from captivity by payment of ransom. b. : to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental. c. : to release from blame or debt : clear. d. : to free from the consequences of sin. 3.
having been discharged or fulfilled: Read in this way, the book is the redeemed promise of a materialist critique of political economy. having made amends for or overcome some wrongdoing or fault: In the end, having saved his young half-brother's life, he died a redeemed man.
If you redeem yourself, you make up for wrongs by doing something that makes you seem good again, like when after being irritable and snappy with your grandmother, you redeem yourself by bringing her flowers and apologizing.
redeem, ransom both mean to buy back. redeem is wider in its application than ransom, and means to buy back, regain possession of, or exchange for money, goods, etc.: to redeem one's property.
Redeem definition: to buy or pay off; clear by payment. See examples of REDEEM used in a sentence.
redeem something to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods. This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches. redeem something to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object. He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.
Definitions of redeemed. adjective. saved from the bondage of sin. synonyms: ransomed. saved. rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin.
1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum: redeemed the ring from the pawnbroker. 2. a. To pay off (a promissory note, for example). b. To turn in (coupons, for example) and receive something in exchange. c. To convert into cash: redeem stocks. 3.
