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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or resulting in redemption;
- Example: "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown
[syn: redemptive, redemptional, redemptory]

2. bringing about salvation or redemption from sin;
- Example: "saving faith"
- Example: "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
[syn: redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Redemptive \Re*demp"tive\ (-t?v), a.
   Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive
   work of Christ.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

redemptive
    adj 1: of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a
           redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown [syn:
           redemptive, redemptional, redemptory]
    2: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving
       faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive,
       redeeming(a), saving(a)]