redeeming

adjective

re·​deem·​ing ri-ˈdē-miŋ How to pronounce redeeming (audio)
: serving to offset or compensate for a defect
her performance is the film's redeeming feature

Examples of redeeming in a Sentence

The job's only redeeming feature is the employee discount.
Recent Examples on the Web Harris fires back at DeSantis: 'There were no redeeming qualities of slavery' What the DNA tells scientists about the Catoctin people Among those excavated, scientists identified five genetic families, biological mothers, children and siblings. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023 Think Joe Eszterhas and Paul Verhoeven, whose 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct is shown on a TV screen early in the series, but without the redeeming nod-and-a-wink sense of fun. Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023 White characters are mostly buffoons with no redeeming value. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023 Our Caprice's physical coordination was its most valuable and redeeming quality. Jean Lindamood, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023 The Elite has always been a rather strange-looking creation, although its occasional seating for four is something of a redeeming virtue. Mike Knepper, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023 What’s Lillard’s most redeeming quality? Bill Oram, oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023 Mancini, who prior to that inning, hadn't played in the field since Oct. 5, stopped the ball with a quick move to his left and stepped on first base for the third out, a redeeming moment for the trade-deadline pickup who is 0-for-18 in his postseason debut. Josh Criswell, Chron, 4 Nov. 2022 But even as the flow of the movie approaches incoherence, then rushes headlong past it, a redeeming strain of brotherly camaraderie takes root, even amid constant sniping and bitching. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of redeeming was in 1827

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“Redeeming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeeming. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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