Meanings of redeem only in English

Had all my labour, all my despairing hope gone to redeem only ingratitude?

That must mean it's a cruel world out there, redeemed only by love.

His air was elate, and was redeemed only from arrogance by the intellect of his brow.

It was a raw, rude England, full of elemental passions, and redeemed only by elemental virtues.

This was an unreservedly nasty guy, redeemed only by his energy, his winning and his flawless determination.

Altogether it was a day of strange blunders, redeemed only by the splendid bravery of the troops engaged.

It was the closet of a conservative, boring person, redeemed only by the splashes of color and style added by Crystal.

His face was positively ugly, redeemed only, as Ronder, who was no mean observer, at once perceived, by large and penetrating eyes.

Then there were crosses-tearstains; and the hand itself rambling and redeemed only by the fact-whichalways did redeem Florinda-bythe fact that she cared.