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Definition of Redress
1. Noun. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
Exact synonyms: Amends, Damages, Indemnification, Indemnity, Restitution
Generic synonyms: Compensation
Specialized synonyms: Relief, Actual Damages, Compensatory Damages, General Damages, Nominal Damages, Exemplary Damages, Punitive Damages, Smart Money, Atonement, Expiation, Satisfaction
Derivative terms: Indemnify, Indemnify
Generic synonyms: Compensation
Specialized synonyms: Relief, Actual Damages, Compensatory Damages, General Damages, Nominal Damages, Exemplary Damages, Punitive Damages, Smart Money, Atonement, Expiation, Satisfaction
Derivative terms: Indemnify, Indemnify
2. Verb. Make reparations or amends for. "Right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
Exact synonyms: Compensate, Correct, Right
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Over-correct, Overcompensate, Aby, Abye, Atone, Expiate
Also: Compensate
Derivative terms: Compensation, Compensation, Right, Right
Antonyms: Wrong
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Over-correct, Overcompensate, Aby, Abye, Atone, Expiate
Also: Compensate
Derivative terms: Compensation, Compensation, Right, Right
Antonyms: Wrong
3. Noun. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
Exact synonyms: Remediation, Remedy
Generic synonyms: Correction, Rectification
Specialized synonyms: Salve
Derivative terms: Remediate, Remedial, Remedy
Generic synonyms: Correction, Rectification
Specialized synonyms: Salve
Derivative terms: Remediate, Remedial, Remedy
Definition of Redress
1. v. t. To dress again.
2. v. t. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
3. n. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Definition of Redress
1. to set right [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Redress
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