Redeeming

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of redemption.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of redeem form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Compensating for the faults of someone or something.

    "His lack of punctuality was offset by his redeeming sense of humor."

  2. 2
    Able to save people from sin, error or evil.
Adjective
  1. 1
    compensating for some fault or defect wordnet
  2. 2
    bringing about salvation or redemption from sin wordnet

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"Tom does have one redeeming quality."

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