All 3 Uses of
redeem
in
The Age of Innocence
- Therefore, for totally different reasons, her food was as poor as Mrs. Archer's, and her wines did nothing to redeem it.†
Chpt 2
- Madame Olenska's own dwelling was redeemed from the same appearance only by a little more paint about the window-frames; and as Archer mustered its modest front he said to himself that the Polish Count must have robbed her of her fortune as well as of her illusions.†
Chpt 9
- When the fact dawned on him it nearly broke his heart, but now it seemed the redeeming feature of the case.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(redeem as in: its main redeeming quality is...) to make up for something bad; or to save