Relief, cure, remedy. Obsolete except as in 5b.

transferred and figurative. Mending, reparation; restoration of wholeness, well-being, safety, or prosperity; spiritual restoration, salvation.

A means of counteracting a source of misery or difficulty, in early use especially sin, evil, or a vice; a means of relieving a bad situation or…

Only in bote of beam: remedy, improvement, restoration. Obsolete.

Help, recourse; remedy; (means of) recovery.

Recovery, remedy, help. Cf. recoverance, n. 2.

A remedy; a means of counteracting something undesirable. Chiefly Scottish and (now) Irish English (northern).

gen. The action of saving, delivering, or restoring a person or thing; deliverance or restoration.

Remedy, amendment.

= recure, n.

Succour, relief; remedy, aid.

In plural (usually with singular agreement). Means of obtaining restoration or reparation; remedy. Esp. in to have the mends in one's own hands. Obs…

The action of making amends for a wrong or harm done; an instance of this. Cf. reparation, n. 3a.

More generally: formal release, esp. in law, from some hardship, burden, or grievance; legal remedy or redress; an instance of this.

In various proverbial phrases: as, when bale is hext boot is next: see bale, n.1 7 boot or bield: see bield, n. 3 boot of beam: see beam, n.2; later b…

beyond (also†past,†without) retrieve: to the extent that recovery or redemption is no longer possible. Cf. retrieval, n. phrases. Now archaic.

beyond (also past, without) retrieval: to the extent that recovery is no longer possible. Cf. retrieve, n. phrases.