redress
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transitive verb \ri-ˈdres\Definition of REDRESS
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
Examples of REDRESS
- It is time to redress the injustices of the past.
- <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
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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
2re·dress
noun \ri-ˈdres, ˈrē-ˌ\Definition of REDRESS
1
a : relief from distress b : means or possibility of seeking a remedy <without redress>
2
: compensation for wrong or loss : reparation
3
a : an act or instance of redressing b : retribution, correction
See Examples of REDRESS
- <the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard>
First Known Use of REDRESS
14th century
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