remedy
something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
to cure, relieve, or heal.
to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.
to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.
Origin of remedy
1synonym study For remedy
Other words for remedy
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
All but one judge rejected any remedy that would involve throwing out ballots.
The Trailer: How one GOP winner rolled Democrats in the Midwest | David Weigel | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostBefore picking a remedy for a denied jobless claim, applicants need to find out why they were denied.
Sometimes it’s just the thoughtlessness that counts, and therefore validation — thoughtfulness — from your “person” is all the remedy you need.
Carolyn Hax: Mom married a jerk, but never let it be said that she raised one | Carolyn Hax | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostFirst, prison industrial complex abolition rejects the idea that the various and multifaceted problems that create harm can all be addressed with a single set of remedies.
What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition | Fabiola Cineas | October 30, 2020 | VoxThe truth is that every single way that we feel is not necessarily the best remedy for the harm that we face.
What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition | Fabiola Cineas | October 30, 2020 | Vox
It rather proceeds from a certain hopelessness of remedying excessive and organic ill.
What do you make of people who say we should fight crime by remedying root causes—income inequality, poor education, etc.
It was then I reflected upon my previous violence; I was angry at my own weakness and folly, and sought means of remedying them.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoWe purpose remedying the defect, supplying the necessary criticism, and filling up the hiatus.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusHelping all urchin blasts, remedying or preventing the blighting influence of evil spirits.
Milton's Comus | John MiltonMr. Marrier, quite unconsciously, was bit by bit remedying Edward Henry's acute ignorance.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettOne of the statements you hear most frequently is that drugs can never remedy disease, or help in remedying it.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for remedy
/ (ˈrɛmɪdɪ) /
(usually foll by for or against) any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
(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
the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance
to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct
Origin of remedy
1Derived forms of remedy
- remediable (rɪˈmiːdɪəbəl), adjective
- remediably, adverb
- remediless, adjective
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