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rem⋅e⋅dy

  [rem-i-dee] noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.
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–noun
1. something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
2. something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
3. Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
4. Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cure, relieve, or heal.
6. to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter.
7. to counteract or remove: to remedy an evil.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME remedie < AF < L remedium, equiv. to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical ) + -ium -ium; (v.) late ME remedien (< MF remedier) < L remediāre, deriv. of remedium

Synonyms:
1. cure, restorative, specific, medicament, medication. 2. corrective, antidote. 5. See cure. 6. repair, correct, redress, renew.

Antonyms:
5. worsen.
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Word Origin & History

remedy  (n.)
c.1225, from Anglo-Fr. remedie, O.Fr. remede, from L. remedium "a cure, remedy, medicine" from re-, intensive prefix (or perhaps lit., "again"), + mederi "to heal." The verb is attested from 1412.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: remedy
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -died; -dy·ing
: to provide or serve as a remedy for
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rem·e·dy
Pronunciation: 'rem-&d-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -dies
: a medicine, application, ortreatment that relieves or cures a disease —remedy transitive verb -died; -dy·ing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

remedy rem·e·dy (rěm'ĭ-dē)
n.
Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder. v. rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies
To relieve or cure a disease or disorder.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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