remediate

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verb

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 

remediated; remediating; remediates

transitive verb

: to make (something) the target of remedial action : to provide a remedy for

… the process of removing the spent fuel, draining the holding pool, remediating the site, and treating contaminated groundwater.

—Jeff Johnson

Work is underway … to remediate erosion on a 6000 foot section on the Gill bank of the Connecticut River.

—David Detmold

But here's the thing: [basketball coach John] Calipari was worried, worried enough to try all sorts of things behind the scenes to remediate his team's results at the line.

—Alexander Wolff

remediate

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adjective

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ət 

archaic

: remedial

Examples of remediate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The federal government on Thursday gave California's prison system 49 days to remediate the conditions that enabled the rampant abuse, warning that a failure to do so could result in civil litigation. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

In 2006, the country required all playgrounds and daycares be remediated to that level. — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 10 Aug. 2026

Adjective

And as the subsequent compromise of the same Microsoft account shows, these breaches can be hard to fully remediate. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026

That framing—detect and respond, react and remediate—has defined security investment for the better part of a decade. — Michael George, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1837, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1605, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remediate

• immediate
• intermediate

Legal Definition

remediate

transitive verb

re·​me·​di·​ate ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 

: to make the target of remedial action

the commissioner of environmental protection…shall conduct remedial actions necessary to remediate the pollution at or on the site

—General Statutes of Connecticut