Adjective : a redemptory act. From Dictionary.com.
Another redemptory prospect had briefly surfaced back in November, when an ailing, bedbound Ted Rogers phoned CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
It was a bit of stationary up and transdermal trepidly from thereto for the through rental car service and a bit huxleyan redemptory off to freemason. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
But in general, he spoke as if he were addressing a redemptory cult, one in which tax cuts are like God's grace and Social Security checks are like bought indulgences. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
Zavon Hines, the 20-year-old who came on in Cole's place, proved a thrilling deputy and capped a fine personal performance by hitting the redemptory goal in the dying seconds of stoppage time. From Wordnik.com. [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Galbraith has come back into fashion: not only his ideas, which imply the need for a huge and expanding class of redemptory politicians and bureaucrats to save people from a fate that would be wretched without them, but his aristocratic assumption of unchallengeable moral superiority, written in his prose as it appears to be written on President Obama's face. From Wordnik.com. [City Journal] Reference
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