redress
noun
the setting right of what is wrong.
redressed
Example Sentences
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“I felt that there was a balance that needed to be redressed in some ways, that people weren’t getting the full story,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Even if every broken heart could be mended and every theft of opportunity redressed, ethno-racial communities would still rightly honor the endurance and resistance that sustained their members.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Spencer redressed the existing sets to reflect the manly elements Gosling’s Ken has brought back from the Real World, including mini-fridges and leather furniture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
In 2005, the historical situation was redressed, when South Korea paid direct compensation to tens of thousands of wartime laborers.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Westley asked question after question while the albino tended and redressed his wound, then fed him food that was warm and surprisingly good and plentiful.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
