redressed

past tense of redress
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. 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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  • The Dragons avenged that defeat in a 56-7 regional final rout of Byron Nelson that same year.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Detroit Tigers avenged their massive collapse in the American League Central in their playoff matchup against the division champion Cleveland Guardians.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Redressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redressed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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