"redemption arc" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: redemption arcs [plural]
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  1. (literature) A story arc wherein an immoral character redeems themselves and makes right for their wrongdoings (or wherein readers perceive them as having done so). Synonyms: redemptive arc
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  2. (by extension) A series of actions or events by which a person makes right for their past failures, errors, or wrongdoings. Tags: broadly Synonyms: redemptive arc
    Sense id: en-redemption_arc-en-noun-K7olSJJO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (redemptive arc): arco de redención [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'redemptive arc': 45 55

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