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redress
re·dress R0105500 (rĭ-drĕs′)tr.v. re·dressed, re·dress·ing, re·dress·es 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.
[Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.]
re·dress′er, re·dres′sor n.redress (rɪˈdrɛs) vb (tr) 1. to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for: to redress a grievance. 2. to correct or adjust (esp in the phrase redress the balance)3. to make compensation to (a person) for a wrongn4. the act or an instance of setting right a wrong; remedy or cure: to seek redress of grievances. 5. compensation, amends, or reparation for a wrong, injury, etc6. relief from poverty or want[C14: from Old French redrecier to set up again, from re- + drecier to straighten; see dress] reˈdressable, reˈdressible adj reˈdresser, reˈdressor nre-dress′
v.t. re•dress (n. ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; v. rɪˈdrɛs)
n., v. -dressed, -dress•ing. n. 1. the setting right of what is morally wrong. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation for such wrong or injury. v.t. 4. to remedy (wrongs, injuries, etc.). 5. to correct (abuses, evils, etc.). 6. to relieve (suffering, want, etc.). 7. to adjust evenly again, as a balance. [1275–1325; (v.) Middle English < Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier= re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress); (n.) Middle English < Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the v.] re•dress′a•ble, re•dress′i•ble, adj. re•dress′er, re•dres′sor, n. syn: redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving compensation for a wrong. redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. reparation refers to compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted. The word may have the moral idea of amends, but more frequently it refers to financial compensation: to make reparation for one's neglect; the reparations demanded of the aggressor nations. restitution means literally the giving back of what has been taken from the lawful owner, but may refer to restoring the equivalent of what has been taken: The servant convicted of robbery made restitution to his employer. redress
Past participle: redressed
Gerund: redressing
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| I redress | | you redress | | he/she/it redresses | | we redress | | you redress | | they redress |
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| I redressed | | you redressed | | he/she/it redressed | | we redressed | | you redressed | | they redressed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am redressing | | you are redressing | | he/she/it is redressing | | we are redressing | | you are redressing | | they are redressing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have redressed | | you have redressed | | he/she/it has redressed | | we have redressed | | you have redressed | | they have redressed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was redressing | | you were redressing | | he/she/it was redressing | | we were redressing | | you were redressing | | they were redressing |
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| I had redressed | | you had redressed | | he/she/it had redressed | | we had redressed | | you had redressed | | they had redressed |
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| I will redress | | you will redress | | he/she/it will redress | | we will redress | | you will redress | | they will redress |
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| I will have redressed | | you will have redressed | | he/she/it will have redressed | | we will have redressed | | you will have redressed | | they will have redressed |
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| I will be redressing | | you will be redressing | | he/she/it will be redressing | | we will be redressing | | you will be redressing | | they will be redressing |
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| I have been redressing | | you have been redressing | | he/she/it has been redressing | | we have been redressing | | you have been redressing | | they have been redressing |
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| I will have been redressing | | you will have been redressing | | he/she/it will have been redressing | | we will have been redressing | | you will have been redressing | | they will have been redressing |
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| I had been redressing | | you had been redressing | | he/she/it had been redressing | | we had been redressing | | you had been redressing | | they had been redressing |
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| I would redress | | you would redress | | he/she/it would redress | | we would redress | | you would redress | | they would redress |
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| I would have redressed | | you would have redressed | | he/she/it would have redressed | | we would have redressed | | you would have redressed | | they would have redressed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  redress - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injuryamends, damages, indemnification, restitution, indemnitycompensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)relief - (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensatednominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" | | 2. |  redress - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evilremediation, remedycorrection, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting rightsalve - anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience" | | Verb | 1. | redress - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"right, correct, compensatealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"over-correct, overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an erroraby, abye, atone, expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins" |
redressverb1. make amends for, pay for, make up for, compensate for, put right, recompense for, make reparation for, make restitution for Victims are turning to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.2. put right, reform, balance, square, correct, ease, repair, relieve, adjust, regulate, remedy, amend, mend, rectify, even up, restore the balance redress the economic imbalancenoun1. amends, payment, compensation, reparation, restitution, atonement, recompense, requital, quittance a legal battle to seek some redress from the governmentredressverb1. To make right what is wrong:amend, correct, emend, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, right.2. To exact revenge for or from:avenge, pay back, pay off, repay, requite, vindicate.Informal: fix.Archaic: wreak.Idioms: even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind, settle accounts, take an eye for an eye.3. To give compensation to:compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite.nounSomething to make up for loss or damage:amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, recompense, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff.Translationsredress (rəˈdres) verb to set right or compensate for. The company offered the man a large sum of money to redress the harm that their product had done to him. 矯正，賠償 纠正，赔偿 noun (money etc which is paid as) compensation for some wrong that has been done. 賠償金 赔偿金redress the balance to make things equal again. 作公平的調整 作公平的处理
Redress
Related to Redress: thesaurus, legal redressRedressCompensation for injuries sustained; recovery or restitution for harm or injury; damages or equitable relief. Access to the courts to gain Reparation for a wrong. REDRESS. The act of receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained. For the mode of obtaining redress, vide Remedies 1 Chit. Pr. Annal. Table. REDRESS
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redress
Related to redress: thesaurus, legal redressSynonyms for redressverb make amends forSynonyms- make amends for
- pay for
- make up for
- compensate for
- put right
- recompense for
- make reparation for
- make restitution for
verb put rightSynonyms- put right
- reform
- balance
- square
- correct
- ease
- repair
- relieve
- adjust
- regulate
- remedy
- amend
- mend
- rectify
- even up
- restore the balance
noun amendsSynonyms- amends
- payment
- compensation
- reparation
- restitution
- atonement
- recompense
- requital
- quittance
Synonyms for redressverb to make right what is wrongSynonyms- amend
- correct
- emend
- mend
- rectify
- reform
- remedy
- right
verb to exact revenge for or fromSynonyms- avenge
- pay back
- pay off
- repay
- requite
- vindicate
- fix
- wreak
verb to give compensation toSynonyms- compensate
- indemnify
- pay
- recompense
- reimburse
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
noun something to make up for loss or damageSynonyms- amends
- compensation
- indemnification
- indemnity
- offset
- quittance
- recompense
- reimbursement
- remuneration
- reparation
- repayment
- requital
- restitution
- satisfaction
- setoff
Synonyms for redressnoun a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injurySynonyms- amends
- damages
- indemnification
- restitution
- indemnity
Related Words- compensation
- relief
- actual damages
- compensatory damages
- general damages
- nominal damages
- exemplary damages
- punitive damages
- smart money
- atonement
- expiation
- satisfaction
noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evilSynonymsRelated Words- correction
- rectification
- salve
verb make reparations or amends forSynonymsRelated Words- alter
- change
- modify
- over-correct
- overcompensate
- aby
- abye
- atone
- expiate
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