remedy

[ rem-i-dee ]
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noun,plural rem·e·dies.
  1. something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.

  2. something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.

  1. Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.

  2. Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.

verb (used with object),rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing.
  1. to cure, relieve, or heal.

  2. to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.

  1. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.

Origin of remedy

1
First recorded in 1175–1225; (for the noun) Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- re- + med(ērī) “to heal” (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (for the verb) late Middle English remedien, from Middle French remedier, from Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium

synonym study For remedy

5. See cure.

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Opposites for remedy

Other words from remedy

  • non·rem·e·dy, noun, plural non·rem·e·dies.
  • un·rem·e·died, adjective

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How to use remedy in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for remedy

remedy

/ (ˈrɛmɪdɪ) /


nounplural -dies
  1. (usually foll by for or against) any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms

  2. (usually foll by for or against) anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes

  1. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance

verb(tr)
  1. to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy

  2. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct

Origin of remedy

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C13: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical

Derived forms of remedy

  • remediable (rɪˈmiːdɪəbəl), adjective
  • remediably, adverb
  • remediless, adjective

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