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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.
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.
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.
REDRESS meaning: 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 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.
