redemptive
adjective
re·demp·tive
ri-ˈdem(p)-tiv 
: of, relating to, or bringing about redemption
redemptive suffering
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Here, what animates the score is not lust that blots out reason or the redemptive power of love.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
This is his first-person account of how a rough start after high school eventually led to a job at The Star and a redemptive moment while on assignment.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
The moguls have lost their faith in the redemptive and life-changing power of new music.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Every single character in The Handmaid’s Tale is in a compromising struggle for survival — good people do bad things, and evil people make redemptive choices.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
This is his first-person account of how a rough start after high school eventually led to a job at The Star and a redemptive moment while on assignment.
—Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
The moguls have lost their faith in the redemptive and life-changing power of new music.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Every single character in The Handmaid’s Tale is in a compromising struggle for survival — good people do bad things, and evil people make redemptive choices.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for redemptive
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“Redemptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redemptive. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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