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Definitions: Redemptive |
RedemptiveAdjective1. Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown. 2. Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "redemptive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonyms: RedemptiveSynonyms: redeeming(a) (adj), redemptional (adj), redemptory (adj), saving(a) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Redemptive |
| English words defined with "redemptive": redemptional, redemptory. (references) |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1897) |
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| "Redemptive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Redemptive" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fellowship life redemptive | 8 |
movement redemptive | 7 |
life redemptive | 3 |
redemptive | 3 |
god name redemptive | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "redemptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | откупващ, изкупителен (expiatory, purgatorial, satisfactory), избавителен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 赎回 (redeem, redeemed, redeeming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rédempteur (redeemer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erlösend (liberating, relieving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λυτρωτικόσ (redemptory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | salvante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edemptiveray de rãscumpãrare. (various references) спасительный (saving). (various references) redentor (redeemer, redeeming, Saviour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Redemptive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: redempive, redemptively. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "redemptive" (pronounced rude"mptiv or rude"mtiv) |
| 6 | -e" m p t i v | preemptive. |
| 5 | -m p t i v | presumptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adaptive, adoptive, captive, contraceptive, corruptive, deceptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, perceptive, receptive, unreceptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-p-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: tempered. | |
-3 letters: demerit, demirep, deprive, dimeter, emptied, emptier, epiderm, epimere, eremite, everted, impeder, merited, metered, mitered, petered, predive, preedit, preemie, premeet, retimed, riveted. | |
-4 letters: deeper, deperm, derive, dieter, divert, empire, epimer, evited, impede, itemed, meeter, metier, metred, mitred, peered, peerie, peeved, perdie, permed, permit, premed, premie, primed, privet, redeem, redipt, reedit, reemit, reeved, reived, remeet, retied, retime, teemed, teemer, temped, temper, termed, tiered, trepid, veered, verite. | |
-5 letters: demit, deter, dimer, diver, dript, drive, eerie, eider, emeer, evert, evite, imped, merde, merit, meted, meter, metre, mired, miter, mitre, peeve, peter, preed, pride, pried, prime, redip, reeve, reive, remet, remit, retem, retie, revet, rimed, riped, rived, rivet, tempi, tepee, tepid, timed, timer, tired, treed, tried, tripe, viper. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-p-r-t-v" | |
+3 letters: premeditative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 64 65 6D 70 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.. . -- .--. - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e d e m p t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0064 0065 006D 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52717071798286758871 |
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