Their redeeming quality is that they are loyal to their friends.
It covers our flintier purposes and brings a redeeming silence, as if a curtain has fallen on the strivings of a year, and now we may stop, look inward, and rediscover the amber warmth of family and conversation.
After deducting the cost of redeeming convertible preference shares held by investors that became a pre-tax net loss of Rmb41.
Sometimes, I think everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself.
If this friend has redeeming traits, ignore the overly critical comments or make a joke by saying something like,"Let's see if you can last an hour without saying anything negative.