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re-dress
[ree-dres] 
–verb (used with object)
| to dress again. |
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.
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.
Related forms:
re⋅dress⋅a⋅ble, re⋅dress⋅i⋅ble, adjective
re⋅dress⋅er, re⋅dres⋅sor, noun
Synonyms:
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.
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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| re·dress (rĭ-drěs') tr.v. re·dressed, re·dress·ing, re·dress·es
[Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.] re·dress'er, re·dres'sor n. |
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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.
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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.
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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