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redeeming

ri dee ming

  • v  save from sins
  • v  restore the honor or worth of
  • v  to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange
  • v  exchange or buy back for money; under threat
  • v  pay off (loans or promissory notes)
  • v  convert into cash; of commercial papers
  • s  bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
    redemptive (or redeeming) love
  • s  compensating for some fault or defect
    the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity

  • There is no attempt at redeeming social importance, and one wonders why Brooks Baekeland and other central characters allowed such an invasion of privacy.
  • I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
  • Set in the Bay Area, Mona had no redeeming social interest, only redeeming prurient interest.
News & Articles

  • The internet has jokes about Harvey Updyke's new mustache
    cc: @ wwezeb RT @ bfeldmancbs : Heck of a stache RT @ jzenor : Harvey Updyke's new look twitter.com/jzenor/status/… — Adam Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) June 10, 2013 Everyone has one redeeming feature. RT @ jzenor : Harvey Updyke's new look twitter.com/jzenor/status/… — edsbs (@edsbs) June 10, 2013 How I wish Snowden looked RT @ jzenor : Harvey Updyke's new look twitter.com/jzenor/status/… — Luke ...
    June 10, 2013 - SB Nation
  • Closer Berg embodies Bruins' fighting spirit
    FULLERTON - David Berg isn't often in need of redeeming.
    June 8, 2013 - Orange County Register
  • 'Spock' on IRS Video: No Redeeming Value
    A high-ranking IRS official admitted that he saw no redeeming value in a now infamous IRS video. Faris Fink, who played the role of Mr.
    June 7, 2013 - FOX 11 Reno
Quotes

  • Kerry Collins in ESPN
    We definitely feel like we've got some redeeming to do this weekend,Collins said.
  • David E Kelley in San Francisco Chronicle
    The liberating thing for me was, OK, we can bring in a character that does not have to be redeeming in perpetuity,Kelley said. "It can be someone who just burns out after a year. ...... He could either die or get disbarred and I can just...
  • Jim Brown in Los Angeles Times
    He should have come out right away,Brown said of Woods. "Instead, he waited until it was politically correct." "The word 'lynch' : there is no redeeming part of it. When you say 'lynch,' you're going to have to pay the price. That...

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