verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a redeeming feature (= one that makes something acceptable )
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The hotel’s only redeeming feature was its view of the bay
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
chance
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A state lawmaker wants death-row inmates to have a chance to redeem themselves and help their fellow man.
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I give her the chance to redeem herself.
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It was my chance to redeem myself.
pledge
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It failed to redeem the pledge , and now says it is no longer bound by the deal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christ came to Earth to redeem us from our sins.
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I finally redeemed my watch from the pawnbrokers.
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The system had failed so badly there was no way to redeem it.
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Travelers can redeem the coupons for one-way flights.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any compilation is going to be a shallow thing redeemed only by the actual songs on it.
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Any rally will be undermined by corporate investors redeeming mutual fund holdings, Subramanian said.
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Can you explain simply what one purpose or one redeeming quality that movie embraced?
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Frans Hals had painted portraits of girls who could only be described as plain, but something lively and piquant redeemed them.
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Heavy redemption penalties also apply; but you are unlikely to want to redeem such a good deal.
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If there is a redeeming trait in him, he has not revealed it.
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Liberated serfs would then redeem their debts over a period of years.