noun
Meaning 1
Something that corrects or counteracts.
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noun
Something that corrects or counteracts.
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noun
The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
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Topics: law
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noun
A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
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noun
The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
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verb
To provide or serve as a remedy for.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: redress, remediation
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Broader terms: correction, rectification
Narrower terms: salve
noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic
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Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant, lenitive, lotion, application, magic bullet, ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve, palliative, alleviant, alleviator, panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all, preventive, preventative, prophylactic
verb
provide relief for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: relieve
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Broader terms: treat, care for
verb
set straight or right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rectify, remediate, repair, amend
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Broader terms: correct, rectify, right
History
From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.
Across languages
169 source translations are retained for this English entry.