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   remedy

   /ˈrɛmɪdi/

   noun

   • 1. a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury: "herbal remedies for aches and pains" Similar treatmentcuremedicinemedicationmedicamentdrugrestorativeantidoteprophylacticnostrumpanaceacure-alltherapyarchaic:physicspecific
   • ▪ a means of counteracting or eliminating something undesirable: "shopping became a remedy for personal problems" Similar solutionanswercureantidotecorrectivecurativenostrumpanaceacure-allheal-allpalliativebalmmagic formulacountermeasureinformal:magic bullet
   • ▪ a means of legal reparation: "compensation is available as a remedy against governmental institutions" Similar (means of) redress(means of) reparationcomeback
   • 2. the margin within which coins as minted may differ from the standard fineness and weight.

   verb

   • 1. set right (an undesirable situation): "money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries" Similar put rightset rightset to rightsput to rightsrightrectifyretrievesolvefixsort output in orderstraighten outresolvedeal withcorrectrepairmendredressmake goodimproveamendamelioratemake betterbetter

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French remedie, from Latin remedium, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + mederi ‘heal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. remediless adjective

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