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redemptive definition

re·demp·tive (ri demp′tiv)

adjective

  1. serving to redeem
  2. of redemption

Etymology: ML redemptivus

Also redemptory re·demp′·tory

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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