verb [VN]
1 to make sb/sth seem less bad
SYNCOMPENSATEFOR:
The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot. * The only redeeming feature of the job (= good thing about it) is the salary. * She seems to have no redeeming qualities (= good aspects of her character) at all.
2 ~ yourself to do sth to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done sth bad:
He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes.
3 (in Christianity) to save sb from the power of evil:
Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin.
4 to pay the full sum of money that you owe sb; to pay a debt:
to redeem a loan / mortgage
5 to exchange sth such as shares or VOUCHERS for money or goods:
This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches.
6 to get back a valuable object from sb by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object:
He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop.
7 (formal) ~ a pledge / promise to do what you have promised to do
