(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ yourself or your reputation, you do something that makes people have a good opinion of you again after you have behaved or performed badly.
He had realized the mistake he had made and wanted to ~ himself...
The sole ~ing feature of your behaviour is that you’re not denying it.
VERB: V n, V-ing
2.
When something ~s an unpleasant thing or situation, it prevents it from being completely bad.
Work is the way that people seek to ~ their lives from futility...
Does this institution have any ~ing features?
VERB: V n, V-ing
3.
If you ~ a debt or money that you have promised to someone, you pay money that you owe or that you promised to pay. (FORMAL)
The amount required to ~ the mortgage was ?358,587...
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ an object that belongs to you, you get it back from someone by repaying them money that you borrowed from them, after using the object as a guarantee.
Make sure you know exactly what you will be paying back when you plan to ~ the item.
VERB: V n
5.
In religions such as Christianity, to ~ someone means to save them by freeing them from sin and evil.
...a new female spiritual force to ~ the world.
VERB: V n