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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-dress (rē dres′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to dress again.
re•dress (n. rē′dres, ri dres′;v. ri dres′),USA pronunciation n. - the setting right of what is wrong:redress of abuses.
- relief from wrong or injury.
- compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.
v.t. - to set right;
remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.). - to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.).
- to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.).
- to adjust evenly again, as a balance.
- Anglo-French redresse, redresce, derivative of the verb, verbal
- Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier, equivalent. to re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress); (noun, nominal) Middle English
- (verb, verbal) Middle English redressen 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged restoration, remedy, atonement. Redress, reparation, restitution suggest making amends or giving indemnification for a wrong. Redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered:the redress of grievances.Reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted. The word may have the moral idea of amends:to make reparation for one's neglect;
but more frequently it refers to financial compensation (which is asked for, rather than given):the reparations demanded of the aggressor nations.Restitution means literally the restoration of what has been taken from the lawful owner:He demanded restitution of his land;
it may also refer to restoring the equivalent of what has been taken:They made him restitution for his land. - 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged amend, mend, emend, right, rectify, adjust.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ease.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: re-dress /riːˈdrɛs/ vb - (transitive) to dress (something) again
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