redemptive Definition

redemption
noun

1. The act of redeeming or state of being redeemed.
2. Anything which redeems.
3. Christianity.
The freeing of humanity from sin by Christ's death on the Cross.
Thesaurus: atonement, salvation, liberation, deliverance.

Derivative: redemptive
adj

Derivative: redemptively
adverb

Idiom: beyond redemption (past redemption)

Too bad to be redeemed, improved or saved.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin redemptio buying back.