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🤝 To seek forgiveness 💸 To repay debts
redemptively

redemptively

8.1
In a way that pays back money that was owed, for example by buying back bonds
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈdɛmp.tɪv.li/
  • Formal
: redentoramente
  • The company acted redemptively by settling its debts ahead of schedule.

Examples

  • The bonds were redemptively repurchased before their maturity date.

  • The company acted redemptively by settling its debts ahead of schedule.

  • He spoke redemptively about the need to correct past financial mistakes.

  • She acted redemptively to make amends for her mistakes.

  • He sought to live redemptively after his troubled past.

  • The bonds were redemptively repurchased before their maturity date.

  • He spoke redemptively about the need to correct past financial mistakes.

Surface Forms

redemptively positive

Morphology

redemptively = redemptive (semi-transparent) = redeem + ive + ly

Adverb formed from the adjective 'redemptive' with the regular suffix '-ly', a standard and recognizable process.

Etymology

The word redemptively comes from redeem, which comes from the old Latin word redimere meaning 'to buy back'. So, when it is about money or a promise, to act redemptively means to pay back, buy back, or cancel a debt.