adjective
- serving to redeem or having the power to redeem
Usage: formal
Examples
- The redemptory power of forgiveness transformed their relationship.
- His redemptory actions helped restore his reputation in the community.
- The novel explores redemptory themes of second chances and moral renewal.
- She believed in the redemptory nature of honest confession.
- The redemptory sacrifice was seen as necessary for salvation.
- His redemptory gesture came too late to repair the damage.