Redress

  • 21redress — n. legal redress * * * [ riː dres] legal redress …

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  • 22redress — 1. verb 1) we redressed the problem Syn: rectify, correct, right, put to rights, compensate for, amend, remedy, make good, resolve, settle 2) we aim to redress the balance Syn: even up …

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  • 23redress — 1. verb 1) we redressed the problem Syn: rectify, correct, right, compensate for, amend, remedy, make good 2) we aim to redress the balance Syn: even up, regulate, equalize 2 …

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  • 24redress — verb Redress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑balance, ↑grievance, ↑imbalance, ↑inequality, ↑injustice, ↑wrong …

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  • 25redress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. right, correct, repair, reform, relieve, remedy. n. amends, restitution, reparation, requital, compensation, relief. See restoration, atonement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Correction] Syn. revision,… …

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  • 26redress — [ri: drɛs] verb 1》 remedy or set right. 2》 archaic set upright again. noun remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. Phrases redress the balance restore equality in a situation. Derivatives redressable adjective redressal noun …

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  • 27redress — [rɪˈdres] verb [T] formal to improve a bad situation that you are responsible for by doing something for someone or by giving them money Syn: make up for sth redress noun [U] …

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  • 28redress — /rəˈdrɛs / (say ruh dres) noun 1. the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation for wrong or injury. –verb (t) 4. to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.). 5. to correct or… …

  • 29redress — v. & n. v.tr. 1 remedy or rectify (a wrong or grievance etc.). 2 readjust; set straight again. n. 1 reparation for a wrong. 2 (foll. by of) the act or process of redressing (a grievance etc.). Phrases and idioms: redress the balance restore… …

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  • 30Redress (disambiguation) — Redress is the redecoration of an existing movie set so that it can double for another set.Redress may also refer to:* Collective redress, a legal concept * Redress (charitable organisation), a human rights organization * Redress, a 1988… …

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