The restaurant's excellent service is not enough to 'redeem' [='compensate for'] the mediocre food.
The President 'redeemed' his campaign promise. [=he did what he promised to do]
The exciting ending partially 'redeems' what is otherwise a very dull movie.
(..) - Yeah. - Where do you think Luke will go? I don't know. Maybe a big chain will take him on. Wonder if he has a forklift license. - He could redeem recyclables. - You mean recycsable? api.OpenSubtitles.org is deprecated, please implement REST API from OpenSubtitles.com You promise? (..)2004 TvShow: Gilmore Girls Title: The Nanny and the Professor Season: 4 Episode 10