ALL meanings of redeeming
re·deem·ing
R r - adjective redeeming compensating 1
- adjective redeeming religion: offering salvation 1
- adjective redeeming offsetting or counterbalancing some fault, defect, or the like: a redeeming quality. 1
- verb with object redeeming to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage. 1
- verb with object redeeming to buy back, as after a tax sale or a mortgage foreclosure. 1
- verb with object redeeming to recover (something pledged or mortgaged) by payment or other satisfaction: to redeem a pawned watch. 1
- verb with object redeeming to exchange (bonds, trading stamps, etc.) for money or goods. 1
- verb with object redeeming to convert (paper money) into specie. 1
- verb with object redeeming to discharge or fulfill (a pledge, promise, etc.). 1
- verb with object redeeming to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness. 1
- verb with object redeeming to obtain the release or restoration of, as from captivity, by paying a ransom. 1
- verb with object redeeming Theology. to deliver from sin and its consequences by means of a sacrifice offered for the sinner. 1
- adjective redeeming serving to compensate for faults or deficiencies in quality, etc 0