redeem : （自分の失敗・欠点などを）挽回する、補う

redeem

（自分の失敗・欠点などを）挽回する、補う、埋め合わせる、to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.)

synonyms

• make up for, offset, make good, compensate for, outweigh, redress, atone for, make amends for, defray

一般例文

• redeem an error
• redeem one's honor : 名誉を挽回する
• redeem one's image : イメージを回復する
• redeem someone's trust

英字新聞からの例文

• 引用元 : New York Times (by HELEN GAO) - The Price of China’s Haphazard Urbanization (2018/01)

  ... it was, in fact, the latest and most aggressive move in a series of heavy-handed urban policies that attempt to redeem the dire consequences of Beijing’s haphazard urbanization.

• 引用元 : New York Times (by Thomas B. Edsall) - You Cannot Be Too Cynical About the Republican Tax Bill (2017/12)

  Here is one campaign promise that he “somehow” failed to redeem when the clear and available chance presented itself.