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verb [transitive] British English pronunciation: redeem

/rɪˈdiːm/

present tense
I/you/we/they	redeem
he/she/it	redeems
present participle	redeeming
past tense	redeemed
past participle	redeemed

1
to improve something that is not very good by including something that is good
A difficult year for the company was redeemed by one very successful deal.
redeeming feature:
Smith's only redeeming feature is that he knows his job.
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2
to get money by selling shares that you own in a company
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3
to use a voucher (=a piece of paper worth a particular amount) to pay for something
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4
to get an object again by paying someone the money that they paid you for it, especially when the money was a type of loan
She couldn't afford to redeem her wedding ring from the pawnbroker.
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1. a.
  to give all the money that you have borrowed to the person who you borrowed it from
  They will redeem their debts over a period of years.
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5
to make someone free from the power of evil, especially in the Christian religion
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phrases

redeem a promise/an obligation
formal
to do something that you promised to do
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redeem yourself
to do something good because you have behaved badly, so that people will think you are a good person again
He was anxious to redeem himself after the fight that morning.
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