redress

[ noun ree-dres, ri-dres; verb ri-dres ]
/ noun ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; verb rɪˈdrɛs /

noun

the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
relief from wrong or injury.
compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

verb (used with object)

Origin of redress

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English redressen < Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR redress

1 restoration, remedy, atonement. Redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving indemnification for a wrong. Redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. Reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted. The word may have the moral idea of amends: to make reparation for one's neglect; but more frequently it refers to financial compensation (which is asked for, rather than given): the reparations demanded of the aggressor nations. Restitution means literally the restoration of what has been taken from the lawful owner: He demanded restitution of his land; it may also refer to restoring the equivalent of what has been taken: They made him restitution for his land.
5 amend, mend, emend, right, rectify, adjust.
6 ease.

OTHER WORDS FROM redress

re·dress·a·ble, re·dress·i·ble, adjective re·dress·er, re·dres·sor, noun un·re·dress·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH redress

re-dress redress (see synonym study at the current entry)

Definition for redress (2 of 2)

re-dress
[ ree-dres ]
/ riˈdrɛs /

verb (used with object)

to dress again.

Origin of re-dress

First recorded in 1730–40; re- + dress

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH re-dress

re-dress redress (see synonym study at redress)

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British Dictionary definitions for redress (1 of 2)

redress
/ (rɪˈdrɛs) /

verb (tr)

to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for to redress a grievance
to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance)
to make compensation to (a person) for a wrong

noun

the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure to seek redress of grievances
compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong, injury, etc
relief from poverty or want

Derived forms of redress

redressable or redressible, adjective redresser or rare redressor, noun

Word Origin for redress

C14: from Old French redrecier to set up again, from re- + drecier to straighten; see dress

British Dictionary definitions for redress (2 of 2)

re-dress
/ (riːˈdrɛs) /

verb

(tr) to dress (something) again