redemptional

9.9

About ideas or actions that make a person feel forgiven and like a better person

adjective
/rɪˈdɛmpʃənl/

Formal

: redentora

The novel explores the redemptional aspects of forgiveness and personal transformation.

Examples

Many theological discussions focus on the redemptional purpose of suffering.
Her speech had a deeply redemptional message that resonated with the audience.
The redemptional message of the sermon resonated with many attendees.
She found the redemptional themes in the novel quite profound.
Her speech had a deeply redemptional message that resonated with the audience.
Many theological discussions focus on the redemptional purpose of suffering.
The novel explores the redemptional aspects of forgiveness and personal transformation.

Synonyms

redemptive

vsredemptional

9 7.5

Helping someone feel forgiven and want to change their life

is used more for general saving effects rather than moral improvement

redeeming

vsredemptional

1 4.6

A quality that makes someone or something seem better despite faults

is mainly used in religious moral or philosophical contexts, not just fault compensation

salvational

vsredemptional

1 9.5

That helps save someone in a spiritual way

is broader, covering moral and philosophical senses as well as salvation

redemptory

vsredemptional

Formal

9.9

Making a person feel forgiven and better after a mistake

is mainly used in religious moral or philosophical contexts

Surface Forms

redemptional positive

Morphology

redemptional = redemption (transparent) = redeem + tion + al

The adjective is formed regularly from redemption with the suffix -al, so the meaning 'relating to redemption' is straightforward.

Etymology

The word redemptional comes from the same root as the words redeem and redemption, from Latin redimere, which means 'buy back', from re- 'back' and emere 'buy'. So something redemptional brings saving or making things right, often in a moral or religious way.