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- Dictionaryredress/rɪˈdrɛs/
verb
- 1. remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation): "the power to redress the grievances of our citizens" Similar
- 2. set upright again: archaic "some ambitious Architect being called to redress a leaning Wall"
noun
- 1. remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance: "those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights"
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REDRESS definition: 1. to put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done: 2. money that you have to…. Learn more.
The meaning of REDRESS is to set right : remedy. How to use redress in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Redress.
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.
If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated.
The verb redress is used when you are supposed to fix a problem and make amends. You want your parents to redress the fact that you don't have a pet. Your parents offer to get a hamster, but instead, you say you want a monkey.
1. To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify. See Synonyms at correct. 2. To make amends to: felt he should be redressed for the loss. n. (also rē′drĕs) 1. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation. 2. The act of redressing; rectification or reformation.
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.
Redress definition: To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify.
From Longman Business Dictionary re‧dress /rɪˈdres/ noun [ uncountable] formal something, especially money, that you want or get from someone because they have caused you harm or damaged your property She is seeking redress in the courts.
verb. /rɪˈdres/ (formal) Verb Forms. Idioms. redress something to correct something that is unfair or wrong synonym right (5) to redress an injustice. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
