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Definitions for: Redress
[n] act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
[n] a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
[v] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong"
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*dress" (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + dress.]
To dress again.
Re*dress" (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [F. redresser to
straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See
Dress.]
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
[R.]
The common profit could she redress. --Chaucer.
In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle,
find what to redress till noon. --Milton.
Your wish that I should redress a certain paper
which you had prepared. --A. Hamilton.
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make
amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . I doubt
not but with honor to redress. --Shak.
3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything
unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. ``'T is
thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.'' --Dryden.
Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? --Byron.
Re*dress", n.
1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation;
correction; amendment. [R.]
Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us
the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
--Hooker.
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as,
the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy;
reparation; indemnification. --Shak.
A few may complain without reason; but there is
occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
--Davenant.
3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom
fate pursues and wants oppress. --Dryden.
Synonyms: amends, compensate, correct, damages, indemnification, indemnity, remediation, remedy, restitution, right
Antonyms: wrong
See Also: aby, abye, actual damages, alter, atone, atonement, change, compensation, compensatory damages, correction, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, exemplary damages, expiate, expiation, general damages, nominal damages, overcompensate, over-correct, punitive damages, rectification, relief, salve, satisfaction, smart money
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