redress

¹re·dress

verb \ri-ˈdres\

Definition of REDRESS

transitive verb

1

a (1) : to set right : remedy <looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs — W. R. Inge> (2) : to make up for : compensate b : to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint) c : to exact reparation for : avenge

2

archaic a : to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss b : heal

— re·dress·er noun

Examples of REDRESS

1. It is time to redress the injustices of the past.
2. <the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified>

Origin of REDRESS

Middle English, from Anglo-French redresser to set upright, restore, redress, from re- + dresser to set straight — more at dress

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REDRESS

Synonyms: avenge, requite, retaliate, revenge, venge [archaic]

Related Words: castigate, fix, get, penalize, punish, scourge; chasten, chastise, correct, discipline; right; compensate, pay (back), recompense, repay

Near Antonyms: absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, remit

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Rhymes with REDRESS

abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, undress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress