redress
/ɹiˈdɹɛs/ verb C2- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
He/she/it redresses · Past redressed · Past participle redressed · -ing form redressing
Verb forms
- Base form
- redress
- He/she/it
- redresses
- Past
- redressed
- Past participle
- redressed
- -ing form
- redressing
From the library
His hand placed upon his heart was unable to redress its throbbings, while, with the other he wiped the perspiration from his temples.
Why did not you seek legal redress?”
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