redemptive

adjective

re·​demp·​tive ri-ˈdem(p)-tiv How to pronounce redemptive (audio)
: of, relating to, or bringing about redemption
redemptive suffering

Examples of redemptive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The win was redemptive for West Hills (15-6), a third-year program. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024 He was taken with the song’s redemptive love story and tucked it away, hoping for the right time to record it. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 May 2024 Its meaning morphs and settles like a redemptive exhale and inhale. Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 3 Apr. 2024 There are some issues with Paytas’ redemptive arc — namely, that many other creators who are more marginalized than she, and have pissed off far fewer people, would likely not be granted as many resurrections. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024 As businesses grapple with the demand for authenticity and open communication, AI's role becomes pivotal in ensuring data integrity, ethical advertising practices and customer service that goes beyond ethics toward a redemptive entrepreneurial mindset. Aleks Farseev, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Redemptive Operations Aiming At Clients' Success At our company, our commitment to this vision is encapsulated in the framework of redemptive entrepreneurship, borrowed from digital mission ventures and other businesses prioritizing business goals over politics. Aleks Farseev, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 As with every systemic transformation that hurts countless people, the cruelties necessary to bring it about had to be bathed in the light of a liberating, redemptive ideology. Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024 Haigh explores themes of loss, loneliness and redemptive love without descending into the common tropes of time travel or ghost stories. Paul Plunkett, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of redemptive was in the 15th century

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“Redemptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redemptive. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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