redemptive
adjective
re·demp·tive
ri-ˈdem(p)-tiv 
: of, relating to, or bringing about redemption
redemptive suffering
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The rawness of Moonlight’s pain and the thrill of its redemptive power are undiminished.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
This narrative of gendered injustice and the redemptive power of feminist history has an almost mythical force.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Return of the Jedi is a grand romance, a swashbuckling adventure, and a redemptive family drama.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The film plays like what those who don’t dream horrors would call a living dream—a secularly redemptive vision of love and solidarity.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
This narrative of gendered injustice and the redemptive power of feminist history has an almost mythical force.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Return of the Jedi is a grand romance, a swashbuckling adventure, and a redemptive family drama.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
The film plays like what those who don’t dream horrors would call a living dream—a secularly redemptive vision of love and solidarity.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Redemptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redemptive. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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