The phrase "a partial redemption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where only some aspects of a debt, obligation, or wrongdoing have been addressed or resolved.
Example: "The company offered a partial redemption of the funds lost in the investment, but many investors were still dissatisfied."
Alternatives: "a limited restitution" or "an incomplete recovery".
But Thursday night's debate offers the national media -- especially the cable television outlets -- a shot at partial redemption.
For eBay, selling Skype — particularly at a valuation higher than many analysts had thought possible — offers partial redemption for a deal that many Internet analysts said was an awkward fit.
This is the story of a down-at-the-heels former star professor and his protégé rotting in the New Orleans house bequeathed them by a legendary folk-blues singer and their partial redemption when the singer's alienated daughter comes to live with them.
Like their cousins, the earnest, Oscar-trolling biopics featuring movie stars doing careful impressions, these cut-and-paste lives trace a familiar narrative of rise, fall and at least partial redemption.
But there's partial redemption in the use of two coils of pastel-colored yoga straps.
And lest we forget, for all of Combo's partial redemption, Milky was the blameless original victim and, as it turned out, the final one too.
Easy to please, the fans forgave Amar'e Stoudemire's attempted smackdown of a fire extinguisher casing after Game 2 in Miami and roared for his 20 points and 10 rebounds as at least partial redemption.
Boosters of the surge in Iraq frequently refer to it as if it were partial redemption for the disastrous decision to invade in the first place.
He says he hasn't studied the Lopez petition but adds, "I can tell you this: The only way we would ever oppose it is if we have complete confidence in the integrity of the verdict". If he means it, Lopez should be out soon and the D.A.'s office can claim some partial redemption for the Carmona case.
Over the next several months, Elia paid out partial redemptions to the investor, and did not return numerous emails and phone calls.
