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🤝 To seek forgiveness 💸 To repay debts
redemptively

redemptively

1 7.7
In a way that makes up for past mistakes and asks for forgiveness
  • adverb
  • /rɪˈdɛmp.tɪv.li/
: redentoramente
  • She worked on the project redemptively, hoping to make up for her earlier mistakes.

Examples

  • The divine Word is therefore the instrument of creation through which God performs divine works and relates to the world either creatively or redemptively (p. 174).

    Academic text (2018)

  • Knowing that God does use our pain redemptively can bring a measure of consolation to our dry place of pain.

    Blog text (28)

  • He tried to act redemptively, seeking forgiveness from those he had hurt in the past.

  • The charity operates redemptively, aiming to help individuals reintegrate into society after their mistakes.

Synonyms

forgivingly
vsredemptively
1 4.4

In a kind way that does not stay angry

brings about repair or improvement to past wrongdoing rather than only showing mercy

Surface Forms

redemptively positive
redemptivelyer comparative
redemptivelyest superlative

Morphology

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

Forming an adverb from the adjective 'redemptive' with the regular suffix '-ly' is a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

The word redemptively comes from redeem, which comes from the old Latin word redimere meaning 'to buy back'. So, to act redemptively is to try to 'buy back' your past by fixing mistakes and winning forgiveness.