redress
the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
relief from wrong or injury.
compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.
to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.).
to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.).
to adjust evenly again, as a balance.
Origin of redress
1synonym study For redress
Other words for redress
Other words from redress
- re·dress·a·ble, re·dress·i·ble, adjective
- re·dress·er, re·dres·sor, noun
- un·re·dress·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with redress
- re-dress, redress (see synonym study at the current entry)
How to use redress in a sentence
Miss Fancy had apparently to re-dress herself, judging from the length of her absence.
Mr. Prohack | E. Arnold BennettWith that he hastily slipped on a scanty covering of clothes and set to work to re-dress Tom's wounds.
Camp Venture | George Cary EgglestonWe have to re-dress the septic things with H2O2, which keeps them going till they can be specially treated at the base.
(b) When the following vowel is an accented syllable; o-blige, re-dress.
Division of Words | Frederick W. Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for redress (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈdrɛs) /
to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for: to redress a grievance
to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance)
to make compensation to (a person) for a wrong
the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure: to seek redress of grievances
compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong, injury, etc
relief from poverty or want
Origin of redress
1Derived forms of redress
- redressable or redressible, adjective
- redresser or rare redressor, noun
British Dictionary definitions for re-dress (2 of 2)
/ (riːˈdrɛs) /
(tr) to dress (something) again
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