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Redress

/ɹɪˈdɹɛs/

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

📖 Definitions of "Redress"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To put upright again; to restore.

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