redeeming
adjective
re·deem·ing
ri-ˈdē-miŋ 
: 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
Isaiah, played by Aspen Kennedy from the BET’s drama series Kingdom Business, is offered a job by a successful businessman who takes an interest in him, begins mentoring him, and points him to a redeeming Christian faith.
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Heather Hamilton, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
To call politics war cheapens the sacrifices made by actual soldiers and turns our political opponents from good people (who have good reasons for wanting different policies) to enemies (who have no redeeming qualities and must be destroyed).
—Jennifer Mercieca, TIME, 15 July 2024
Debates were, in my opinion, charades, cheap shows and without much redeeming substance.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Isn’t the one redeeming factor of the Tudor era that men didn’t use the word toxic?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 July 2024
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Heather Hamilton, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
To call politics war cheapens the sacrifices made by actual soldiers and turns our political opponents from good people (who have good reasons for wanting different policies) to enemies (who have no redeeming qualities and must be destroyed).
—Jennifer Mercieca, TIME, 15 July 2024
Debates were, in my opinion, charades, cheap shows and without much redeeming substance.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
Isn’t the one redeeming factor of the Tudor era that men didn’t use the word toxic?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 July 2024
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“Redeeming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeeming. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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