Definition of Redeeming

1. Adjective. Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin. "Redemptive (or redeeming) love"

Exact synonyms: Redemptive, Saving
Similar to: Good
Derivative terms: Redeem

2. Adjective. Compensating for some fault or defect. "His saving grace was his sense of humor"
Similar to: Good

Definition of Redeeming

1. Verb. (present participle of redeem) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Redeeming

1. redeem [v] - See also: redeem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redeeming

rededicate
rededicated
rededicates
rededicating
rededication
rededications
redeem
redeem oneself
redeemability
redeemable
redeemableness
redeemed
redeemer
redeemers
redeemeth
redeeming
redeeming(a)
redeems
redefault
redefaults
redefeat
redefeated
redefeating
redefeats
redefect
redefected
redefecting
redefects
redefied
redefies

Literary usage of Redeeming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1855)
"For " GOD is love : and he that dwell- eth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him." SERMON XCVIII.—On Redeeming the Time. " Redeeming the time ..."

2. Village Hymns for Social Worship by Isaac Watts, Asahel Nettleton (1827)
"2 Ye, who see the Father's grace, Beaming in the Saviour's face, As to Canaan on ye move, Praise and bless redeeming love. 3 Mourning souls, dry up your ..."

3. The Works of the Rev. John Wesley by John Wesley (1811)
"Redeeming the Time." 1. " SEE that ye walk circumspectly," says the Apostle in the preceding verse, " not as fools, but as wise men: redeeming the time;" ..."

4. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"Redeeming GRACE. Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe having, in their pious souls, been deeply moved by the irreverence, not to say the levity, with which their ..."

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