| 单词 | redemptive |
| 释义 | redemptive (once / 24675 pages) adj Anything redemptive saves someone from making a mistake or being evil. Many people describe love as redemptive, healing even those who have done terrible things in the past. The adjective redemptive comes from the noun redemption, and both words have historically been used in a religious way, to mean "delivering (or saving) from sin" or "deliverance from sin." Saving someone's mortal soul, in other words, is redemptive. The Latin root, redimere, means "to get back" or "to buy back." WORD FAMILYredemptive: redemptively+/deem: deemed, deeming, deems, redeem/irredeemable: irredeemably/redeem: redeemable, redeemed, redeemer, redeeming, redeems, redemption, redemptive, redemptory/redeemable: irredeemable, unredeemable/redeemed: unredeemed/redeemer: redeemers/redeeming: redeemingly/redemption: redemptional, redemptions/unredeemable: unredeemably/unredeemed: unredeemedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe mood in the room was appreciative, grateful: here, at least, were developments that felt redemptive. The New Yorker(Dec 01, 2016) A collection of fiction for our fractured times from a modern master — funny, profound and redemptive. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) If I discovered something redemptive in this experience, it’s that capacity for stillness. The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or resulting in redemption "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown Syn redemptional, redemptory 2adj bringing about salvation or redemption from sin Syn redeeming, saving good morally admirable |
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