redemptionnoun
uk/rɪˈdemp.ʃən/us/rɪˈdemp.ʃən/redemption noun (IMPROVEMENT)
be beyond/past redemption
to be too bad to be improved or saved by anyone
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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redemption noun (IN RELIGION)
[ U ] (especially in Christianity) an occasion when someone is saved from evil, suffering, etc.
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Religious concepts: forgiveness in religion
- absolution
- absolve
- cleanse
- confess
- confession
- deliver
- grace
- redeem
- remission
- salvation
redemption noun (EXCHANGE)
[ C or U ] the act of exchanging bonds, shares, etc. for money:
The bonds will be redeemed at 100% of their principal amount, plus interest to the redemption date.
redemptive
adjective uk/rɪˈdemp.tɪv/us/rɪˈdemp.tɪv/formal
(especially in Christianity) giving someone redemption