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)

Words nearby redress

redowa, redox, redpoll, redraft, redraw, redress, redress the balance, redroot, redshank, redshift, redshifted

British Dictionary definitions for redressable

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