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redressment

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of redressing; redress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic

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Etymology

Compare French redressement.