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▪ I. redressing, vbl. n.1|rɪˈdrɛsɪŋ| [f. redress v.1] The action of redress v.1 in various senses.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xvi. 86 It nedith forto haue a redressing of it into accordaunce with lawe of kinde. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 169 b, For redressynge and releuynge of mannes necessytees. 1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 404 For redressing of the saidis billis and expenssis. 1634Sanderson Serm. II. 292 It behoveth the magistrate to set in..for the rectifying and redressing thereof. 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2843/2 To take care about Redressing of the Mint. 1711–12Swift Let. on Eng. Tongue Wks. 1755 II. i. 183 A grievance, the redressing of which is to be your own work. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. 183 Every want thus becomes a means of pleasure, in the redressing. 1884Manch. Exam. 10 Dec. 5/2 A straight way to the redressing of grievances. ▪ II. redressing, vbl. n.2|riːˈdrɛsɪŋ| [f. redress v.2] The action or result of dressing again.
1889Jacobs Aesop I. 156 The majority are a redressing of the ordinary æsop. |