redemptive

/rɪˈdɛmptɪv/

Other forms: redemptively

Anything redemptive saves someone from making a mistake or being evil. Many people describe love as redemptive, healing even those who have done terrible things in the past.

The adjective redemptive comes from the noun redemption, and both words have historically been used in a religious way, to mean "delivering (or saving) from sin" or "deliverance from sin." Saving someone's mortal soul, in other words, is redemptive. The Latin root, redimere, means "to get back" or "to buy back."

Definitions of redemptive

1. adjective

   of or relating to or resulting in redemption
   “"a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown”

   synonyms: redemptional, redemptory
2. adjective

   bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
   synonyms: redeeming, saving

   good

   morally admirable