as in avenging
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 redressing
Then, in the wake of George Floyd's viral murder and the national reckoning over Black lives, institutions like the Recording Academy began redressing their historic role in Black artists being criminally overlooked.
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Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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avenging
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The movie tells the story of a teenager avenging the deaths of his family at the hands of hordes of carnivorous demons and, against all the odds, it has been embraced by critics and audiences alike.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles were avenging a heartbreaking loss.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Redressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redressing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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