redeemverb
uk/rɪˈdiːm/us/rɪˈdiːm/redeem verb (IMPROVE)
[ T ] formal to make something or someone seem less bad:
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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:
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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)
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:
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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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redeem verb (RELIGION)
[ T ] (in Christianity) to free people from sin:
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Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
- absolution
- absolve
- cleanse
- confess
- confession
- deliver
- grace
- redemption
- remission
- salvation