Hypertext Webster Gateway: "redemptive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Redemptive \Re*demp"tive\ (-t?v), a.
Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive
work of Christ.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
redemptive
adj 1: of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive
theory about life"- E.K.Brown [syn: {redemptional}, {redemptory}]
2: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving
faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: {redeeming(a)},
{saving(a)}]
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