Definitions for redemptive

redemptive re·demp·tive

Spelling: [ri-demp-tiv]
IPA: /rɪˈdɛmp tɪv/

Redemptive is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 374 anagrams from letters in redemptive (deeeimprtv).

Definitions for redemptive

adjective

  1. serving to redeem.
  2. of, relating to, or centering on redemption or salvation:

Origin of redemptive

First recorded in 1640-50; redempt(ion) + -ive

Examples for redemptive

Ransom means something to loosen with; that is, a redemptive price.

That night we all shared in the sweetness of his redemptive victory.

Much greater stress is laid upon the redemptive than upon the creative function.

It is a shame that we would rather be pretty than redemptive.

The power of his story is not only redemptive, but regenerative too.

Secular work was not yet a part of the redemptive work of the Church.

Love like that I bear you must in some way be redemptive in its nature.

Major characters are killed off, and there is never any kind of ‘redemptive’ aspect to the story.

We even have a tendency to portray politicians whom we hope will be redemptive in meteorological terms.

It is not about the redemptive power of violence, but the redemptive power of the media.

Word Value for redemptive
Scrable

18

Words with friends

21

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