Definition of remedy
remedies
1 : a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
2 : something that corrects or counteracts
3 : the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong
remediless
adjectiveFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of remedy in a sentence
Building more roads isn't always the best remedy for traffic congestion.
The problem was beyond remedy.
She was left without remedy since the court did not recognize her claim.
Origin and Etymology of remedy
Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal — more at medical
First Known Use: 13th century
remedy
Definition of remedy
remedied
;remedying
transitive verb
: to provide or serve as a remedy for : relieve remedy a social evil
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.
15th Century
First Known Use of remedy
15th century
Synonym Discussion of remedy
REMEDY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of remedy for English Language Learners
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: a medicine or treatment that relieves pain or cures a usually minor illness
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: a way of solving or correcting a problem
remedy
Definition of remedy for English Language Learners
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: to solve, correct, or improve (something)
REMEDY Defined for Kids
Definition of remedy for Students
remedies
1 : a medicine or treatment that cures or relieves
2 : something that corrects a problem
Definition of remedy for Students
remedied
;remedying
: to provide or serve as a cure or solution for An explanation remedied the confusion.
Medical Dictionary
remedy
playMedical Definition of remedy
remedies
: a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
remedy
transitive verbremedied
;remedying
Law Dictionary
remedy
Legal Definition of remedy
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
adjectiveremedy
Legal Definition of remedy
remedied
remedying
: to provide or serve as a remedy for
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