Meaning & use
redeemed
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compensated for a fault or made up for a bad quality, or exchanged something, such as a coupon or points, for its value.
See it in a sentence
She redeemed her gift card for a new pair of headphones.
His heroic actions during the crisis redeemed his earlier reputation as unreliable.
A note on using this word
Redeemed carries both a practical sense (cashing in a voucher) and a moral or spiritual sense (making amends or being saved).
Words with a similar meaning
compensatedatoned
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Words with an opposite meaning
forfeited
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