All 3 Uses of
redeem
in
Great Expectations
- "I'll redeem it at once.†
Chpt 22 *
- Old Barley might be as old as the hills, and might swear like a whole field of troopers, but there were redeeming youth and trust and hope enough in Chinks's Basin to fill it to overflowing.†
Chpt 46
- A smile crossed his face then, and he turned his eyes on me with a trustful look, as if he were confident that I had seen some small redeeming touch in him, even so long ago as when I was a little child.†
Chpt 56
Definition:
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(redeem as in: its main redeeming quality is...) to make up for something bad; or to save