redemptive

adjective

re·demp·tive ri-ˈdem(p)-tiv

: of, relating to, or bringing about redemption

redemptive suffering

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Are his designs intended to be commemorative or sardonic, redemptive or oppressive? —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025 Mariko starts out the series in limbo, the daughter of a disgraced samurai who wants to honor her family’s memory by ritual suicide but is denied a redemptive death by her bitter husband, Buntaro (Shinnosuke Abe), to whom she’s bound by societal structure. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024 Actually, every step the 30-year-old performer has taken in the past decade has been with intention, purpose and a profoundly redemptive streak aimed at defining herself by her own body, emotions and mind. —

Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 8 July 2024 Leading Switzerland to victory over England would be yet another redemptive moment. —

James McNicholas, The Athletic, 5 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for redemptive