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re⋅demp⋅tive

  [ri-demp-tiv]
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–adjective
1. serving to redeem.
2. of, pertaining to, or centering on redemption or salvation: redemptive religions.
Origin:
1640–50; redempt(ion) + -ive

Related forms:
re⋅demp⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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re·demp·tion   (rĭ-děmp'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of redeeming or the condition of having been redeemed.
  2. Recovery of something pawned or mortgaged.
  3. The payment of an obligation, as a government's payment of the value of its bonds.
  4. Deliverance upon payment of ransom; rescue.
  5. Christianity Salvation from sin through Jesus's sacrifice.

[Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redēmptiō, redēmptiōn-, from redēmptus, past participle of redimere, to redeem; see redeem.]
re·demp'tion·al, re·demp'tive, re·demp'to·ry (-tə-rē) adj.
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Redemptive

Re*demp"tive\ (-t?v), a. Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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