redeeming feature
a good quality that compensates for bad ones
TRANSLATION
redeeming feature = ein versöhnlich stimmendes Merkmal, ein Lichtblick, ein aussöhnendes Moment --- GOOGLE INDEX redeeming feature: approximately 400,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
If the film has one major REDEEMING FEATURE, it is the visual style, which is impressive and frequently entrancing, taking an ordinary event — e.g. cigarette smoking — and turning it into a sensual experience.
(BBC News)
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I just believe that our most REDEEMING FEATURE as a species is our capacity for love.
(Amanda McBroom, singer/songwriter)
(BBC News)
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I just believe that our most REDEEMING FEATURE as a species is our capacity for love.
(Amanda McBroom, singer/songwriter)
Did you
know?
redeeming feature
noun phrase
- a good quality that somewhat makes up for the bad qualities in a person or thing
(Kernerman Dictionaries)
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Redeeming is the present participle of the verb "redeem," a 15th century word that meant to buy back, ransom and which stemmed from the noun redemption. Redemption is from the Latin redemptio (buy back, release, ransom), a noun of action that eventually originates from the Latin "redimere" (re = again + emere = take, buy, gain, procure).
Redeem is used in a variety of contexts including:
- to save from a state of sinfulness and its consequences (religion)
- to pay off, such as bond or promissory note (If the government redeems the bonds sooner, investors will receive a higher premium)
- to turn in, such as in a gift certificate, and receive something in exchange (You have to redeem your gift certificate before December 31)
- to fulfil, like a pledge or promise (He redeemed his pledge to take us out to dinner if he got promoted)
- to restore the honour, worth or reputation of something (He redeemed himself by completing this project on time)
In the noun phrase redeeming feature, redeem is used in the sense of making up for or offsetting a negative quality with a positive characteristic.
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SYNONYMS
(redeeming)
compensatory, extenuating, offsetting, redemptive, saving
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Although the house is located far from town, the large garden is a redeeming feature."
noun phrase
- a good quality that somewhat makes up for the bad qualities in a person or thing
(Kernerman Dictionaries)
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Redeeming is the present participle of the verb "redeem," a 15th century word that meant to buy back, ransom and which stemmed from the noun redemption. Redemption is from the Latin redemptio (buy back, release, ransom), a noun of action that eventually originates from the Latin "redimere" (re = again + emere = take, buy, gain, procure).
Redeem is used in a variety of contexts including:
- to save from a state of sinfulness and its consequences (religion)
- to pay off, such as bond or promissory note (If the government redeems the bonds sooner, investors will receive a higher premium)
- to turn in, such as in a gift certificate, and receive something in exchange (You have to redeem your gift certificate before December 31)
- to fulfil, like a pledge or promise (He redeemed his pledge to take us out to dinner if he got promoted)
- to restore the honour, worth or reputation of something (He redeemed himself by completing this project on time)
In the noun phrase redeeming feature, redeem is used in the sense of making up for or offsetting a negative quality with a positive characteristic.
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SYNONYMS
(redeeming)
compensatory, extenuating, offsetting, redemptive, saving
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Although the house is located far from town, the large garden is a redeeming feature."
