Definition of redemptive
: of, relating to, or bringing about redemption
- redemptive suffering
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Under Nicholas Ryan Lamb's direction, The Laramie Project charts an evolution of awareness that helps Matt Shepard's ordeal serve as a pathway to redemptive compassion.
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Now the Olympic bronze medalist is echoing ABC's redemptive storyline about Harding's comeback opportunity.
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Quoting the Biblical Book of Amos, Curry said: When love is the way -- unselfish, sacrificial, redemptive, when love is the way.
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Bishop Michael Curry, the first African-American to head the Episcopal Church in the U.S., delivered a 13-minute sermon ahead of the couple's vows, touching on slavery, poverty, and the redemptive power of love.
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Fans delighted by last year’s 56–6 season and hoping for a redemptive run to Omaha this June had no shot at sport’s usual win-or-lose clarity.
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The film twins these moments of bleakness with the redemptive power of music and self-understanding.
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The long shot of Esti in orgasm, aimed at her face and arching neck, feels like the movie’s redemptive core.
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But no matter, on Thursday there was a fire and joy in her set that proved how redemptive music can still be in the wake of such a loss.
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First Known Use of redemptive
15th century
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