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- Dictionaryredress/rɪˈdrɛs/
verb
- 1. remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation): "the power to redress the grievances of our citizens" Similar
- 2. set upright again: archaic "some ambitious Architect being called to redress a leaning Wall"
noun
- 1. remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance: "those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights"
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The meaning of REDRESS is to set right : remedy. How to use redress in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Redress.
REDRESS definition: 1. to put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done: 2. money that you have to…. Learn more.
redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted.
Redress may refer either to the act of setting right an unjust situation (as by some power), or to satisfaction sought or gained for a wrong suffered: the redress of grievances. Reparation means compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or loss inflicted.
REDRESS meaning: 1. to put right a wrong or give payment for a wrong that has been done: 2. money that you have to…. Learn more.
1. To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify. See Synonyms at correct. 2. To make amends to: felt he should be redressed for the loss. n. (also rē′drĕs) 1. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation. 2. The act of redressing; rectification or reformation.
The verb redress is used when you are supposed to fix a problem and make amends. You want your parents to redress the fact that you don't have a pet. Your parents offer to get a hamster, but instead, you say you want a monkey.
to make a situation equal or fair again. For years poorer children have had to put up with a lower quality education, and now is the time to redress the balance. See redress in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See redress in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English. Check pronunciation: redress.
redress. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English re‧dress1 /rɪˈdres/ verb [ transitive] formal to correct something that is wrong or unfair Little could be done to redress the situation.
Redress definition: To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify.
