as in avenged
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
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Recent Examples of redressed
Common calls came for gaps to be bridged, capacity to be built, benefits to be shared, stakeholders to be consulted, and inequalities to be redressed.
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
But those sets needed to be redressed for all the other installments to represent the post-crash Maginot, plus there are lots of guest actors playing the crew, plus there are multiple action sequences.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
But those sets needed to be redressed for all the other installments to represent the post-crash Maginot, plus there are lots of guest actors playing the crew, plus there are multiple action sequences.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redressed
avenged
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Lindsey Barber scored a career-high 21 points as the Dartmouth girls basketball team avenged a loss earlier this season by knocking off New Bedford, 49-41, in a nonleague contest.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ole Miss Now 2-0 without Lane Kiffin, the Rebels avenged their one regular-season loss thanks to a brilliant night from senior Trinidad Chambliss, who had 362 yards passing and two touchdowns without an interception.—
Paul Myerberg,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Redressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redressed. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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