redress

[ noun ree-dres, ri-dres; verb ri-dres ]

noun

1. the setting right of what is wrong:

   redress of abuses.

   Synonyms: atonement, remedy, restoration

2. relief from wrong or injury.
3. compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

verb (used with object)

1. to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
2. to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.).

   Synonyms: adjust, rectify, right, emend, mend, amend

3. to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.).

   Synonyms: ease

4. to adjust evenly again, as a balance.

redress

/ rɪˈdrɛs /

verb

1. to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for

   to redress a grievance

2. to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance )
3. to make compensation to (a person) for a wrong

noun

1. the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure

   to seek redress of grievances

2. compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong, injury, etc
3. relief from poverty or want

Derived Forms

• reˈdresser, noun
• reˈdressable, adjective

Other Words From

• re·dressa·ble re·dressi·ble adjective
• re·dresser re·dressor noun
• unre·dressa·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of redress¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; (verb) Middle English redressen, from Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- re- + drecier “to straighten” ( dress ); (noun) Middle English, from Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the verb

Word History and Origins

Origin of redress¹

C14: from Old French redrecier to set up again, from re- + drecier to straighten; see dress

Synonym Study

Redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving indemnification for a wrong. Redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. Reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted. The word may have the moral idea of amends: to make reparation for one's neglect; but more frequently it refers to financial compensation (which is asked for, rather than given): the reparations demanded of the aggressor nations. Restitution means literally the restoration of what has been taken from the lawful owner: He demanded restitution of his land; it may also refer to restoring the equivalent of what has been taken: They made him restitution for his land.

Example Sentences

Gains from stock transfers and dividends are taxed at a flat rate of 20%, which Kishida has criticized as a source of inequality and in need of redress, but income tax is already peaking at 55%.

From Time

One is better use of class or group actions, otherwise known as collective redress actions.

From MIT Technology Review

We will not rest until the women who suffered medical abuse at Irwin receive a measure of redress and compensation.

From Time

By their rationale, any redress from racial injustices visited upon those persons, including slavery, should be the obligation of the former colonizers in those lands, not the government of the United States.

From TruthBeTold.news

That leaves civil lawsuits as victims’ primary route for seeking legal redress and financial compensation when a police encounter goes wrong.

From FiveThirtyEight

So, what kind of redress might work best for this specific expression of Sunni marginalization and dispossession?

From The Daily Beast

But it stops short of advancing economic redress and opportunity.

From The Daily Beast

Parents of children with disabilities should not face a unique burden to redress their wrongs.

From The Daily Beast

The office should not be able to treat a matter of such importance with such negligence without any redress.

From The Daily Beast

Increased male enrollment in clinical trials might redress another issue, too: awareness.

From The Daily Beast

The party seeking redress, must have been deceived, and also injured by the deceit in order to recover.

From Project Gutenberg

It is true that the damages one may recover, however great, may be an inadequate redress, yet it is the best the law can do.

From Project Gutenberg

Another injury for which the law furnishes redress is that affecting reputation and character.

From Project Gutenberg

Some rioting followed on the rejection of the bill, and the masters promised redress, but soon broke their word.

From Project Gutenberg

While every other colony was bidding defiance to Britain, this alone submissively applied to her for redress of grievances.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amends
• atonement
• indemnity
• rectification
• remedy
• reparation
• reprisal
• restitution
• retribution