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remedy

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nounverb
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As a noun, remedy means something that corrects or counteracts. As a verb, it means provide or serve as a remedy for.

Meanings of remedy

7 meanings

noun

  1. Something that corrects or counteracts.

  2. legalThe legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.

  3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.

  4. The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.

  5. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

    Similar: redress, remediation

verb

  1. To provide or serve as a remedy for.

  2. Set straight or right

    “remedy these deficiencies”

    “rectify the inequities in salaries”

    “repair an oversight”

    Similar: rectify, remediate, repair, amend

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

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noun: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
redressremediation
noun: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curativecuretherapeutic
verb: set straight or right
rectifyremediaterepairamend
verb: provide relief for
relieve

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