compensatory vs redeeming

compensatory

adj
  • Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury 

  • Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something 

  • That compensates for a deleterious mutation 

redeeming

adj
  • Compensating for the faults of someone or something. 

  • Able to save people from sin, error or evil. 

noun
  • An act of redemption. 

How often have the words compensatory and redeeming occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )