redress

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

/ noun ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; verb rɪˈdrɛs /

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noun

the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.

relief from wrong or injury.

compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

verb (used with object)

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.

Nearby words

redowa, redox, redpoll, redraft, redraw, redress, redress the balance, redressal, redroot, redshank, redshift

Origin of redress

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English redressen < Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR redress

1 restoration, remedy, atonement. 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.

5 amend, mend, emend, right, rectify, adjust.

6 ease.

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Related formsre·dress·a·ble, re·dress·i·ble, adjectivere·dress·er, re·dres·sor, nounun·re·dress·a·ble, adjective

Can be confusedre-dress redress (see synonym study at the current entry)

Definition for redress (2 of 2)

re-dress

[ ree-dres ]

/ riˈdrɛs /

verb (used with object)

to dress again.

Origin of re-dress

First recorded in 1730–40; re- + dress

Can be confusedre-dress redress (see synonym study at redress)

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Examples from the Web for redress

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Parents of children with disabilities should not face a unique burden to redress their wrongs.
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The office should not be able to treat a matter of such importance with such negligence without any redress.
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Increased male enrollment in clinical trials might redress another issue, too: awareness.
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We need better jobs, roads, and bridges and less symbolism or redress for past sins.
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The one power in the land to which they had been able to appeal for some sort of redress amid their troubles was the law courts.
The War in South Africa|Arthur Conan Doyle
I discovered who the fellow was, and that he had practised a piece of Yankee smartness for which I had no redress.
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Where justice turns upon the hinge of the oath, there is no redress for him who has scruples as to taking it.
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By reciprocal obligations of help, defense, and redress of injuries.
Ancient Society|Lewis Henry Morgan
Society must be periodically reduced to its elements, in order to redress grievances.
The Crater|James Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for redress (1 of 2)

redress

/ (rɪˈdrɛs) /

verb (tr)

to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation forto redress a grievance

to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance)

to make compensation to (a person) for a wrong

noun

the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cureto seek redress of grievances

compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong, injury, etc

relief from poverty or want

Derived Formsredressable or redressible, adjectiveredresser or rare redressor, noun

Word Origin for redress

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

British Dictionary definitions for redress (2 of 2)

re-dress

/ (riːˈdrɛs) /

verb

(tr) to dress (something) again

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Word Origin and History for redress

redress

mid-14c., "to correct, reform;" late 14c., "restore, put right" (a wrong, error, offense); "repair; relieve; improve; amend," from Old French redrecier "reform, restore, rebuild" (Modern French redresser), from re- "again" (see re-) + drecier "to straighten, arrange" (see dress (v.)). Formerly used in many more senses than currently. Related: Redressed; redressing.

redress

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verb (used with object)

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