remedy Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
remediation; redress.
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noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; cure; therapeutic.
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verb set straight or right
amend; repair; remediate; rectify.
- remedy these deficiencies
- rectify the inequities in salaries
- repair an oversight
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verb provide relief for
relieve.
- remedy his illness
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Rem"e*dy noun
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That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a .remedy for the gout -
That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to. What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us. Milton.
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(Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Syn. -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.
Rem"e*dy transitive verb
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To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. I will remedy this gear ere long. Shak.