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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The Gaels didn’t lose again, going 8-0 in February, including an 86-67 win over Santa Clara on Wednesday that avenged an earlier defeat and set up Saturday’s showdown.—
Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
1 Mar. 2026
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One of the Titans’ most satisfying wins came at 132 pounds, when Jack Malinconico avenged his 7-6 loss to Central Union’s Gabriel Pacheco at last week’s Division 2 Final with a 9-8 decision this week on a last-minute takedown.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Redressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redressed. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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