| 单词 | redress |
| 释义 | redress —redressable, redressible, adj. —redresser, redressor, n. n. /ree"dres, ri dres"/; v. /ri dres"/, n. 1. the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury. v.t. 4. to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.). 5. to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.). 6. to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.). 7. to adjust evenly again, as a balance. [1275-1325; (v.) ME redressen < MF redresser, OF redrecier, equiv. to re- RE- + drecier to straighten (see DRESS); (n.) ME < AF redresse, redresce, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. 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. amend, mend, emend, right, rectify, adjust. 6. ease. |
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