"redeem oneself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redeems oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeeming oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeemed oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeemed oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "redeem oneself (third-person singular simple present redeems oneself, present participle redeeming oneself, simple past and past participle redeemed oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I know in the past I've been a giant twat, but all the hard work I've done since then is to redeem myself. I just want to do something useful, and I'm sorry if I cock it up sometimes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ],
        [
          "make up for",
          "make up for"
        ],
        [
          "folly",
          "folly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "second chance"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "redeem oneself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redeems oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeeming oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeemed oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redeemed oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "redeem oneself (third-person singular simple present redeems oneself, present participle redeeming oneself, simple past and past participle redeemed oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "second chance"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I know in the past I've been a giant twat, but all the hard work I've done since then is to redeem myself. I just want to do something useful, and I'm sorry if I cock it up sometimes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ],
        [
          "make up for",
          "make up for"
        ],
        [
          "folly",
          "folly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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