Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French redresser, from Old French redrecier, from re- + drecier to make straight; more at DRESS
Pronunciation : ri-'dres
Function : transitive verb
Date : 14th century
1. correction, act of remedying a problem or injustice; compensation, damages awarded for injustice or injury. dress again; correct a wrong, remedy an injustice; compensate, pay damages for an injustice or injury. redress\re*dress"\, n.
2. the act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [r.] reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.
3. a setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. a few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal.
4. one who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. fair majesty, the refuge and redress of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.redress \re*dress"\ (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [pref. re- + dress.] to dress again.redress \re*dress"\ (r?*dr?s"), v. t. [f. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. see:
dress.].
5. to put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [r.] the common profit could she redress. in yonder spring of roses intermixed with myrtle, find what to redress till noon. your wish that i should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. hamilton.
6. to set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. those wrongs, those bitter injuries, i doubt not but with honor to redress.
7. to make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. "'t is thine, o king! the afflicted to redress." will gaul or muscovite redress ye?redress n.
8. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution].
9. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: remedy, remediation] make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong" [syn: right, compensate, correct] [ant: wrong].
10. To dress again.
11. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
12. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
13. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
14. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
15. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
16. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
17. 1. If you redress something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated. More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.
18. If you redress the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again. So we're trying to redress the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.
19. Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss. They are continuing their legal battle to seek some redress from the government. = compensation. to correct something that is wrong or unfair (redrecier, from drecier ). money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or damaged your property = compensation.
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