Redemptive (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The preacher spoke of the redemptive power of Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
- Through her charity work, she had found a redemptive path after a life of mistakes and poor choices.
- The Christian faith is based on the redemptive love of God for all humanity.
- His conversion was a testament to the redemptive nature of the faith community that supported him.
- The missionary's work in the inner city was motivated by a desire to share the redemptive message of hope and forgiveness.
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Meaning 2
Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).