redeeming

redeeming (comparative more redeeming, superlative most redeeming)

1. Compensating for the faults of someone or something.

   His lack of punctuality was offset by his redeeming sense of humor.

   • 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 592:

     There are few redeeming features, if any, about the London Midland Region winter timetable.

2. Able to save people from sin, error or evil.

• redeeming quality

redeeming

1. present participle and gerund of redeem

redeeming (plural redeemings)

1. An act of redemption.

• “redeeming”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.