remedy

verb

remedied; remedying

transitive verb

: to provide or serve as a remedy for : relieve

remedy a social evil

Synonyms of remedy

• cure
• heal
• alleviate
• relieve

Choose the Right Synonym for remedy

correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to make right what is wrong.

correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects.

correct your spelling

rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.

rectify a misguided policy

emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript.

emend a text

remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil.

set out to remedy the evils of the world

redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance.

redress past social injustices

amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changes,

amend a law

reform implying drastic change,

plans to reform the court system

and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes.

revise the schedule

Examples of remedy in a Sentence

Something must be done to remedy the problem.

The conflict can be remedied by scheduling the meeting for next week.

Recent Examples on the Web

For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. —ABC News, 3 June 2026

The organization said efforts to remedy the violations were complicated by Better Work Haiti, a factory auditing program formed through a partnership between the International Labour Organization and the International Finance Corporation. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 June 2026

Talk to your doctor about the memory slips and ask for guidance on how to remedy or cope with them. —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 30 May 2026

The consequences play out in ways that no bankruptcy judge can easily remedy. —Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing remedy

• cold remedy
• folk remedy
• herbal remedy
• home remedy
• legal remedy

Kids Definition

remedy

1 of 2 noun

rem·​e·​dy ˈrem-əd-ē 

plural remedies

1

: a medicine or treatment that cures or relieves

2

: something that corrects an evil, rights a wrong, or makes up for a loss

remedy

2 of 2 verb

remedied; remedying

: to provide or serve as a remedy for : relieve

Medical Definition

remedy

noun

rem·​e·​dy ˈrem-əd-ē 

plural remedies

: a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease

remedy transitive verb

remedied; remedying

Legal Definition

remedy

1 of 2 noun

rem·​e·​dy

plural remedies

: the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong : the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong

if the contract is null and void, the remedy is to rescind and to put the parties in the position in which they were prior to the attempted agreement

—First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)

specific performance and other equitable remedies

remediless adjective

remedy

2 of 2 transitive verb

remedied; remedying

: to provide or serve as a remedy for