A good quality or aspect that makes up for other drawbacks, as in The house isn't very attractive, but the garden is the redeeming feature. This idiom, first recorded in 1827, uses
redeem in the sense of "compensate."
redeeming feature
| Idioms: redeeming feature |
Learn More
 | Movin' On (Album by High Inergy) |
| red (Idiom) |
| Lure of the Yukon (1924 Adventure Film) |
 | What does redeemable mean? Read answer... |
| What is Redeeming Love about? Read answer... |
| What is redeemable shares? Read answer... |
Help us answer these
 | How do you redeem your codes? |
| What is foreclosure redeemed? |
| How are points redeemed? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
Related answers
- How do you redeem coupons?
- What is a redeemer government?
- What are Redeemable debentures?
- Who is the redeemer in the bible?
ADVERTISEMENT
Answer these
- What are the redeeming features of the witches in roald dahls book the witches?
- What are redeemers?
- What is redeem?
- What is redeem voucher?
Mentioned in
- Movin' On (Album by High Inergy)
- red (Idiom)
- Lure of the Yukon (1924 Adventure Film)
- Mr. Garrity and the Graves: The Twilight Zone (TV Episode) (1964 Drama TV Episode)
- Escape Me Never (1947 Romance Film)
- The Prodigal (1955 Drama Film)
- Pamela, Pamela You Are . . . (1968 Film)
- C. K. Williams (literature)
- Galante Dichtung
- The Sleeper (2003 Album by The Blue Orchids)
- Stranger on the Shore (1961 Album by Acker Bilk)
- From One to Another (2007 Album by The Darling Downs)
- James Boswell
- Samm-Art Williams
