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redress

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of redress

payment to another for a loss or injury

  • the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard
Synonyms of redress

compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, recoupment, remuneration, reparation, reprisal(s), requital, restitution, satisfaction
Words Related to redress

punitive damages, solatium

amends, atonement, expiation

refund, reimbursement, repayment

adjustment, settlement

punishment, retaliation

redress

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of redress

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for

  • the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified
Synonyms of redress

avenge, requite, retaliate, revenge, venge [archaic]
Words Related to redress

castigate, fix, get, penalize, punish, scourge

chasten, chastise, correct, discipline

right

compensate, pay (back), recompense, repay
Phrases Synonymous with redress

get even (for)
Near Antonyms of redress

absolve, condone, excuse, forgive, pardon, remit

Synonym Discussion of redress

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

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