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单词 redeem
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redeemverb

uk/rɪˈdiːm/us/rɪˈdiːm/

redeem verb (IMPROVE)

[ T ] formal to make something or someone seem less bad:

A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a superb performance from Anthony Edwards.
He was an hour late, but he redeemed himself in her eyes by giving her a huge bunch of flowers.
She took me to see a really dull film, the only redeeming feature of which (= the only thing which prevented it from being completely bad) was the soundtrack.

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Making things better

  • a shot in the arm idiom
  • add salt to sth idiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • ameliorate
  • heal
  • make sb/sth over
  • mitigate
  • mollify
  • more
  • palliate
  • relieve
  • salve
  • spice
  • spice sth up
  • sting
  • straighten
  • straighten sb out
  • streamline
  • tonic

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redeem verb (GET BACK)

[ T ] to get something back:

She managed to save enough money to redeem her jewellery from the pawn shop.

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Giving, bringing or getting back

  • bring
  • bring sth back
  • claw
  • claw sth back
  • go
  • go back
  • money-back
  • non-returnable
  • put
  • recover
  • replace
  • restitution
  • restore
  • retake
  • retrieve
  • return
  • reversion
  • send
  • take
  • take sth back

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redeem verb (EXCHANGE)

redeem a coupon, voucher, etc.

to exchange a piece of paper representing a particular amount of money for that amount of money or for goods to this value

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Replacing and exchanging

  • alternate
  • alternatively
  • bargain sth away
  • change over
  • change places idiom
  • fill
  • name
  • part exchange
  • pinch-hit
  • pre-empt
  • proxy
  • rep
  • represent
  • reserve
  • sit
  • substitution
  • succeed
  • succession
  • supersede
  • supplant

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redeem verb (SATISFY)

[ T ] formal to carry out a promise or pay back a debt:

The amount required to redeem the mortgage was £358,587.

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Paying money

  • ante
  • chargeable
  • congestion charge
  • demurrage
  • disburse
  • discharge
  • disgorge
  • expense
  • fork
  • fork out sth
  • overspend
  • pay up
  • put sth down 1
  • repayable
  • self-financing
  • sink
  • spring
  • square
  • tip
  • worth

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Making & breaking promises & commitments

redeem verb (RELIGION)

[ T ] (in Christianity) to free people from sin:

"Jesus," said the priest, "saved and redeemed mankind by taking our sins upon himself."

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Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion

  • absolution
  • absolve
  • cleanse
  • confess
  • confession
  • deliver
  • grace
  • redemption
  • remission
  • salvation
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