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Noun
S:
(n)
redress
,
remedy
,
remediation
(act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
correction
,
rectification
(the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right)
S:
(n)
redress
,
remedy
,
remediation
(act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
S:
(n)
retribution
(the act of correcting for your wrongdoing)
S:
(n)
recompense
,
compensation
(the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)
S:
(n)
amendment
(the act of amending or correcting)
S:
(n)
emendation
(a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing)
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
remedy
,
curative
,
cure
,
therapeutic
(a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
Verb
S:
(v)
rectify
,
remediate
,
remedy
,
repair
,
amend
(set straight or right)
"remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
S:
(v)
remedy
,
relieve
(provide relief for)
"remedy his illness"