Definition of redemptive
:of, relating to, or bringing about redemption
- redemptive suffering
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Good Time is mostly about love: its redemptive powers, its fallacies.
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Second, the religious stance of ISIS offers a redemptive narrative for petty criminals to carry out terrorist attacks.
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Leaving these layers unpeeled, his redemptive acts in the end lose much meaning.
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At the time, this looked like a redemptive, healing moment for Jaime.
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Those demands, and their redemptive fulfillment—the flight of the rocket, the second Nobel prize, the name on the payroll—represent the beginning, middle, and end of these movies’ concerns.
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A comedy about loss, grief and the redemptive power of love, Dean is an NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family home in the wake of his mother’s death.
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These events would have their redemptive moments as individuals heroically struggled to overcome grief and communities came together.
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This is an achingly personal show – dark and sometimes subtle, with redemptive moments of humor and transcendence.
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First Known Use of redemptive
15th century
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Britannica English: Translation of redemptive for Arabic speakers
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