Meaning & use
redemptive
Serving to save, restore, or bring about improvement, especially after wrongdoing or hardship.
See it in a sentence
The film's redemptive ending showed the villain finally choosing to help others.
Volunteering gave him a sense of redemptive purpose after his difficult past.
A note on using this word
Redemptive is often used in stories and religious contexts to describe a character's or situation's movement from failure or sin toward renewal.
Words with a similar meaning
restorativeredeeming
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Words with an opposite meaning
damningcondemning
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