redress

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdɹɛs/
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• General-American: /ɹəˈdɹɛs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːˈdɹɛs/
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From 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”)). Compare Catalan redreçar, Spanish redreçar (obsolete), Italian redreçare, redrezare, redricciare, ridirizzare (all obsolete), ridrizzare, Late Latin redressare (“to repair; to set right”), Old Occitan redreisar, redresar.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English dress English redress From re- + dress.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: поправка (popravka) — The act of redressing
• Chinese Mandarin: 纠正 (jiūzhèng) — The act of redressing
• Georgian: გასწორება (gasc̣oreba) — The act of redressing
• Georgian: გამოსწორება (gamosc̣oreba) — The act of redressing
• Georgian: შესწორება (šesc̣oreba) — The act of redressing
• Hungarian: jóvátétel — The act of redressing
• Hungarian: orvoslás — The act of redressing
• Irish: sásamh — The act of redressing
• Māori: puretumutanga — The act of redressing
• Māori: puretumu — The act of redressing
• Middle English: redresse — The act of redressing
• Persian: اصلاح (eslâh) — The act of redressing
• Russian: исправле́ние (ispravlénije) — The act of redressing
• Bulgarian: възстановяване (vǎzstanovjavane) — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Georgian: კომპენსაცია (ḳomṗensacia) — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Georgian: ანაზღაურება (anazɣaureba) — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Hungarian: jogorvoslat — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Hungarian: kártérítés — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Hungarian: kárpótlás — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Hungarian: kártalanítás — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Irish: sásamh — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Middle English: redresse — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Old Norse: sǿmd — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Russian: восстановле́ние (vosstanovlénije) — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Spanish: compensación — A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong
• Middle English: redresse — One who, or that which, gives relief
• Bulgarian: възстановявам (vǎzstanovjavam) — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Māori: puretumu — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Middle English: redressen — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Middle English: reformen — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Romanian: redresa — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Russian: исправля́ть (ispravljátʹ) — To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise
• Bulgarian: поправям (popravjam) — To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
• Māori: puretumu — To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
• Middle English: redressen — To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
• Russian: исправля́ть (ispravljátʹ) — To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
• Russian: восстана́вливать (vosstanávlivatʹ) — To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from
• Bulgarian: обезщетявам (obezštetjavam) — To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
• Bulgarian: компенсирам (kompensiram) — To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
• Māori: puretumu — To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
• Middle English: redressen — To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
• Russian: компенси́ровать (kompensírovatʹ) — To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon
• Bulgarian: възстановявам (vǎzstanovjavam) — To put upright again; to restore
• Māori: puretumu — To put upright again; to restore
• Middle English: redressen — To put upright again; to restore
• Russian: поднима́ть (podnimátʹ) — To put upright again; to restore