redressed; redressing; redresses
1
a(1)
: to set right : remedy
looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs—
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(2)
: to make up for : compensate
b
: to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)
c
: to exact reparation for : avenge
2
redresser
noun
1
a
: relief from distress
b
: means or possibility of seeking a remedy
without redress
2
: compensation for wrong or loss : reparation
3
a
: an act or instance of redressing
b
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Examples of redress in a Sentence
Verb
It is time to redress the injustices of the past.
the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified
Noun
the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard
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Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Three decades of Black majority rule have certainly begun to redress the inequity of the apartheid era, even if much work remains to be done.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
Carlton Reid, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Mary Tsukamoto was a driving force behind the redress movement.
—Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The county contends the plastic pollution traced to products made by the companies constitutes a public nuisance that they must be forced to redress.
—Nate Raymond, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Three decades of Black majority rule have certainly begun to redress the inequity of the apartheid era, even if much work remains to be done.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 July 2024
Noun
The largest class action in English history was filed in London on October 21, a claim involving 700,000 individuals seeking redress after a devastating tailings dam rupture in 2015 on the Doce River in southeastern Brazil.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Mary Tsukamoto was a driving force behind the redress movement.
—Jake Whitney, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Redress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redress. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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redress
2 of 2 noun
re·dress
ri-ˈdres 
ˈrē-ˌdres
1
a
: relief from distress
b
: the way or possibility of seeking a remedy
2
: something that makes up for wrong or loss
3
: an act or instance of redressing
Legal Definition
redress
noun
re·dress
ri-ˈdres, ˈrē-ˌdres
1
a
: relief from distress
b
: a means of obtaining a remedy
2
: compensation (as damages) for wrong or loss
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