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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgute Eigenschaft
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gu-tə 'ay-gn̩-ʃaft
"Seine Verlässlichkeit ist seine einzige gute Eigenschaft."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An aspect of a person or thing that saves them from being entirely bad, worthless, or unpleasant.
"His arrogance is hard to bear, but his honesty is his one redeeming quality." - 2
A positive feature that counterbalances negative characteristics in an otherwise flawed situation.
"The hotel room was tiny and outdated, but the breathtaking ocean view was its sole redeeming quality."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'redeem', originating from the Latin 'redimere' (to buy back, from re- 'back' + emere 'to buy'), and 'quality', from the Latin 'qualitas' (of what kind). Historically used in a religious or financial context to buy back or save, 'redeeming' evolved by the 19th century to denote something that compensates for faults, paired with 'quality' to describe an offsetting positive trait.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Redeeming quality" is said worldwide
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côté positif
Transliteration: ko-te po-zi-tif
"Son humour est son seul côté positif."
gute Eigenschaft
Transliteration: gu-tə 'ay-gn̩-ʃaft
"Seine Verlässlichkeit ist seine einzige gute Eigenschaft."
nota positiva
Transliteration: no-ta po-zi-ti-va
"La sua gentilezza è la sua unica nota positiva."
cualidad redentora
Transliteration: kwa-li-dad re-den-to-ra
"Su generosidad es su gran cualidad redentora."
qualidade salvadora
Transliteration: kwa-li-da-de sal-va-do-ra
"A sinceridade dele é a sua única qualidade salvadora."
सकारात्मक गुण
Transliteration: sakaratmak gun
"उसकी ईमानदारी ही उसका एकमात्र सकारात्मक गुण है।"
可取之处
Transliteration: kě qǔ zhī chù
"这虽然是个缺点，但也有其可取之处。"
장점
Transliteration: jang-jeom
"그 사람의 유일한 장점은 성실성입니다."
取り柄
Transliteration: tori-e
"彼の唯一の取り柄はまじめさだ。"
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