The word "redeem" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of regaining something that was previously lost, exchanged for something else, or compensated for by performing a certain action. For example, you can use "redeem" in a sentence like this: "I was able to redeem my lost time by working extra hard."
With odds of her winning standing at 9/1, many are optimistic she could redeem the UK's pitiful past record on the Eurovision stage, where Englebert Humperdinck scored only 12 points in 2012 and Bonnie Tyler was placed 19th last year.
"But everybody understands the necessity of what you say in an election campaign, you commit yourself to and you redeem afterwards.
The British government will finally redeem the war loan taken out in 1917 under the premiership of Lloyd George.
Love is supposed to redeem a man, but since getting together with Annie he's oscillated wildly between sadism and self-pity.
The other four parties slated to join the Tories' new Eurosceptic caucus are tiny and may or may not be in a position to redeem their pledge.
This scheme would be smaller than Bruegel's, covering around €2.3 trillion, and since its purpose is to redeem debt above the 60% threshold, the fund issuing the Eurobonds would eventually wind up though that would take 25 years.
He now has to redeem himself after having made a poor choice in Mr Löscher.
That would leave the government in question with less revenue to redeem debt, and thus a higher debt-to-GDP ratio than it would otherwise have had.
If you fail to redeem the debt on time you get nationalized.
There is still time for NATO to redeem itself, but it is running out fast.With only a third of the voters registered, with warlords and drug barons ruling the roost in much of the country, and with ominous "night letters" threatening anyone who votes with death, there is a case for postponing September's election.
This does not seem to upset Mr Mbeki at all.With Mr Tsvangirai's decision to run one more time, SADC and Africa's leaders have a chance to redeem themselves.
