Definitions for redress

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redress re·dress

Spelling: [noun ree-dres, ri-dres; verb ri- Redress is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in redress (deerrss).

Definitions for redress

noun

1. the setting right of what is wrong:
2. relief from wrong or injury.
3. compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury.

verb (used with object)

1. to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.).
2. to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.).
3. to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.).
4. to adjust evenly again, as a balance.
5. to dress again.

Origin of redress

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English redressen Middle French redresser, Old French redrecier, equivalent to re- re- + drecier to straighten (see dress

Examples for redress

Parents of children with disabilities should not face a unique burden to redress their wrongs.

His only redress is forthwith to draw a circle outside of his antagonist.

But he came home every time; only when Death finally stole him, we had no redress.

The office should not be able to treat a matter of such importance with such negligence without any redress.

With the clash of our spells, no charm can redress our fate.

Longespe, complained to the King; but Louis could give him no redress.

So, what kind of redress might work best for this specific expression of Sunni marginalization and dispossession?

If he had been wronged and injured, why could not he redress himself like other injured men?

We need better jobs, roads, and bridges and less symbolism or redress for past sins.

Increased male enrollment in clinical trials might redress another issue, too: awareness.