plural remedies
1
: a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
2
: something that corrects or counteracts
3
: the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong
remediless
adjective
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Examples of remedy in a Sentence
Noun
Building more roads isn't always the best remedy for traffic congestion.
The problem was beyond remedy.
She was left without remedy since the court did not recognize her claim.
Verb
Something must be done to remedy the problem.
The conflict can be remedied by scheduling the meeting for next week.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Public announcements reminded passengers to see the ship’s doctor if over-the-counter, anti-nausea remedies were not effective.
—Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
The challenge for Mercedes will be to finally remedy its struggles with its car under this generation of regulations.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In the first part of the last century, the only remedy for decay was to pull the tooth.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Public announcements reminded passengers to see the ship’s doctor if over-the-counter, anti-nausea remedies were not effective.
—Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
Irreparable harm ordinarily means a kind of harm that money damages can’t remedy.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
The challenge for Mercedes will be to finally remedy its struggles with its car under this generation of regulations.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Remedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remedy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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Medical Definition
remedy
noun
rem·e·dy
ˈrem-əd-ē 
plural remedies
: a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
remedy
transitive verb
remedied; remedying
Legal Definition
remedy
1 of 2 noun
rem·e·dy
plural remedies
: the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong : the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong
if the contract is null and void, the remedy is to rescind and to put the parties in the position in which they were prior to the attempted agreement—First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)
First Nat'l Mortgage Corp. v. The Manhattan Life Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 264 (1978)specific performance and other equitable remedies
remediless
adjective
remedy
2 of 2 transitive verb
remedied; remedying
: to provide or serve as a remedy for
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