unredeem
unredeem verb: to fall from grace; to change from a state of virtuousness to sinfulness or wrongdoing.
Verb
unredeem (third-person singular simple present unredeems, present participle unredeeming, simple past and past participle unredeemed)
- To fall from grace; to change from a state of virtuousness to sinfulness or wrongdoing.
- The good, all those spirits to whom God has equalled you by his gift, and who were watching to welcome every noble sentiment in you, shall mourn over your fall. Jesus pities his unfaithful follower who has done so much to unredeem, to uncreate himself — descended so far towards the second death.1989, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank, Ronald A. Bosco, The Complete Sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 153
- Since unforgivable acts lie in one's positive use of freedom to undo creation—to uncreate—and to make flawed what has been deemed worthy of existence—to unredeem—then the unforgiving act is addressed to oneself and to the cosmos.2008, Martin Joseph Matuštík, Radical Evil and the Scarcity of Hope: Postsecular Meditations, →ISBN
Forms of unredeem
| third-person singular present | unredeems |
|---|---|
| present participle | unredeeming |
| past participle | unredeemed |
| past | unredeemed |
Origin of unredeem
From un- + redeem.
Questions about unredeem
- What does unredeem mean?
- Unredeem means to fall from grace; to change from a state of virtuousness to sinfulness or wrongdoing.
- What part of speech is unredeem?
- Unredeem is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unredeem?
- The past tense of unredeem is unredeemed.
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