remedy
Americannoun
plural
remedies-
something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- Synonyms:
- medication, medicament, specific, restorative, cure
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something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
- Synonyms:
- antidote, corrective
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Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
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Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
noun
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any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
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anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc
a remedy for industrial disputes
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the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
verb
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to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
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to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
Related Words
See cure.
Other Word Forms
- nonremedy noun
- remediable adjective
- remediably adverb
- remediless adjective
- unremedied adjective
Etymology
Origin of remedy
First recorded in 1175–1225; (for the noun) Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- re- + med(ērī) “to heal” ( medical ) + -ium -ium; (for the verb) late Middle English remedien, from Middle French remedier, from Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium
Example Sentences
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In these tough times, some discount chains have been thriving, but California’s Grocery Outlet has been closing stores as it tries to remedy a hangover of overexpansion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
“Disqualification is a remedy courts are not quick to administer,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
On the other hand, I understand that false hope is a toxic strain of that remedy.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
But Arm is less prevalent in enterprise software and a wave of corporations migrating their on-premises x86 servers to Arm AGI could remedy that.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
“An excellent remedy for the more stubborn forms of acne, bubotuber pus. Should stop students resorting to desperate measures to rid themselves of pimples.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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