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re-dress

[ree-dres]
–verb (used with object)
to dress again.

Origin:
1730–40; re- + dress

re⋅dress

[n. ree-dres, ri-dres; v. ri-dres]
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.

Origin:
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.


re⋅dress⋅a⋅ble, re⋅dress⋅i⋅ble, adjective
re⋅dress⋅er, re⋅dres⋅sor, noun


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.
re·dress   (rĭ-drěs')   
tr.v.   re·dressed, re·dress·ing, re·dress·es
  1. To set right; remedy or rectify.
  2. To make amends to.
  3. To make amends for. See Synonyms at correct.
  4. To adjust (a balance, for example).
n.   also (rē'drěs)
  1. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation. See Synonyms at reparation.
  2. Correction or reformation.

[Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.]
re·dress'er, re·dres'sor n.

Redress

Re*dress"\ (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + dress.] To dress again.

Redress

Re*dress"\ (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress.]

1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.]

The common profit could she redress. --Chaucer.

In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. --Milton.

Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. --A. Hamilton.

2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.

Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . I doubt not but with honor to redress. --Shak.

3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. "'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress." --Dryden.

Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? --Byron.

Redress

Re*dress"\, n. 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.]

Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. --Hooker.

2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. --Shak.

A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. --Davenant.

3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. --Dryden.
Language Translation for : redress
Spanish: compensar,
German: wiedergutmachen,
Japanese: 直す

redress  (v.)
c.1366, from O.Fr. redrecier, from re- "again" + drecier "to straighten, arrange." Formerly used in many more senses than currently.

Main Entry: re·dress
Pronunciation: ri-'dres, 'rE-"dres
Function: noun
1 a : relief from distress b : a means of obtaining a remedy
2 : compensation (as damages) for wrong or loss —re·dress /ri-'dres/ transitive verb
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