redress
The act of redressingThe act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
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» A fault confessed is half redressed.
Einsicht ist der erste Schritt zur Besserung. — al_ex_an_der
Признанная ошибка наполовину исправлена. — Alex_M
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
исправле́ниеispravlénije
(countable, uncountable)A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
восстановле́ниеvosstanovlénije
(countable, uncountable)A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
(countable, uncountable)One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Examples
4 sentencesA fault confessed is half redressed.
ruПризнанная ошибка наполовину исправлена. — Alex_M
deEinsicht ist der erste Schritt zur Besserung. — al_ex_an_der
A fault confessed is half-redressed.
You have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The law is meant to redress decades of discrimination against the country's ethnic minorities.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English redressen, from Anglo-Norman radresser, redrescer, redrescier and MiddFrom Middle English redressen, from Anglo-Norman radresser, redrescer, redrescier and Middle French redresser (“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again; to rebuild, to repair something damaged, to rectify, to restore; to obtain redress; to cure; (of hair) to stand on end; to revise a judgment”) (modern French redresser), from Old French redrecier (“to stand (someone or something) up; to stand up again”), from Old French re- (“again, once more”) (from Latin re-, from Proto-Italic *wre- (“again”); further etymology uncertain) + Old French drechier, drecier, dresser (“to dress; to stand up”) (from Vulgar Latin *drēctiāre, a contracted form of *dīrēctiāre, from Latin dīrēctus (“straight”)).
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Forms
plural: redressesSynonyms
22 synonyms- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil:remedyremediation
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury:damagesamendsindemnityindemnificationrestitution
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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