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redress

/ɹɪˈdɹɛs/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.

  • A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.

  • One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

verb

Meaning

  • To put in order again; to set right; to revise.

  • To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.

  • To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

  • To put upright again; to restore.