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unredeeming

unredeeming is the present participle and gerund of unredeem.

Meaning of unredeem

Verb

unredeem (third-person singular simple present unredeems, present participle unredeeming, simple past and past participle unredeemed)

  1. 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

Questions about unredeeming

What is unredeeming the present participle and gerund of?
Unredeeming is the present participle and gerund of unredeem.

Words near unredeeming in the dictionary

  1. unredeemableness
  2. unredeemably
  3. unredeemed
  4. unredeemedly
  5. unredeemedness
  6. unredeeming
  7. unredeemingly
  8. unredeems
  9. unredefined
  10. unredeployed
  11. unredirected

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