redress, remedy, remediation
(noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
right, compensate, redress, correct
(verb) make reparations or amends for; “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)
To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
(transitive, obsolete) To put upright again; to restore.
redress (countable and uncountable, plural redresses)
The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)
To dress again.
(film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
redress (plural redresses)
(film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
• Dresser, dresser
Source: Wiktionary
Re*dress" (r*drs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + dress.]
Definition: To dress again.
Re*dress" (r*drs"), v. t. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
