{
    "term": "redeem",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "redeem",
            "heSheIt": "redeems"
        },
        "pastSimple": "redeemed",
        "pastParticiple": "redeemed",
        "ingForm": "redeeming"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something seem less bad",
            "sensetop": "redeem somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The excellent acting wasn't enough to redeem a weak plot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The only **redeeming feature** of the job *(= good thing about it)* is the salary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems to have no redeeming qualities *(= good aspects of her character)* at all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In an attempt to redeem the situation, Jed offered to help sell tickets."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "compensate"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to do something to improve the opinion that people have of you, especially after you have done something bad",
            "sensetop": "redeem yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has a chance to redeem himself after last week's mistakes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to save somebody from the power of evil",
            "sensetop": "redeem somebody",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Christians believe that Jesus Christ came to redeem us from sin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He knew he was a sinner, redeemed by the grace of God."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to pay the full sum of money that you owe somebody; to pay a debt",
            "sensetop": "redeem something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **redeem a loan/mortgage**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to exchange something such as shares or vouchers for money or goods",
            "sensetop": "redeem something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This voucher can be redeemed at any of our branches."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to get back a valuable object from somebody by paying them back the money you borrowed from them in exchange for the object",
            "sensetop": "redeem something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was able to redeem his watch from the pawnshop."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to do what you have promised that you will do",
            "sensetop": "redeem a pledge/promise",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːm/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeem__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmz/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeems__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmd/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeemed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeeming__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːm/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeem__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmz/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeems__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmd/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeemed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈdiːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/redeem/redeeming__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘buy back’): from Old French redimer or Latin redimere, from re- ‘back’ + emere ‘buy’."
}