Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly.

    I know in the past I've been a giant twat, but all the hard work I've done since then is to redeem myself. I just want to do something useful, and I'm sorry if I cock it up sometimes.

Forms

redeems oneself, redeeming oneself, redeemed oneself, redeemed oneself
Base formredeem oneself · to redeem oneself
3rd person singularredeems oneself
Present participleredeeming oneself
Past simpleredeemed oneself
Past participleredeemed oneself

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyredeem oneself
he, she, itredeems oneself

Past simpleLesson

all personsredeemed oneself

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave redeemed oneself
he, she, ithas redeemed oneself

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill redeem oneself

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsecond chance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reddenreddishredecorateredeemredefineredemptionredeployredesign
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