Redress



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 改正, 修正
• ［英］ n. 改正, 修正 ( correction, remedy)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +dress ( 穿衣, 整理) -> 重新整理 -> 改正
• ［例］ The slandered celebrity demanded redress.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French redresser to set upright, restore, redress, from re- + dresser to set straight — more at dress
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) to set right ; remedy <looked to charity, not to legislation, to redress social wrongs — W. R. Inge>
    • (2) to make up for ; compensate
  • b. to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint)
  • c. to exact reparation for ; avenge
• 2. archaic
  • a. to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss
  • b. heal
• Synonyms: see correct
• ? redresser noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. relief from distress
  • b. means or possibility of seeking a remedy <without redress>
• 2. compensation for wrong or loss ; reparation
• 3.
  • a. an act or instance of redressing
  • b. retribution, correction

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