What does redress mean?

Definitions for redress
ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; rɪˈdrɛsre·dress

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redressnoun

    a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

  2. redress, remedy, remediationverb

    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

  3. right, compensate, redress, correctverb

    make reparations or amends for

    "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Redressnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    To seek reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Richard Hooker.

    No humble suitors press to speak for right;
    No, not a man comes for redress to thee. William Shakespeare.

    Such people, as break the law of nations, all nations are interested to suppress, considering that the particular states, being the delinquents, can give no redress. Francis Bacon.

    Grief, finding no redress, ferment and rage,
    Nor less than wounds immedicable,
    Rankle, and fester, and gangrene
    To black mortification. John Milton.

    Fair majesty, the refuge and redress
    Of those whom fate pursues, and wants oppress. Dryden.

  2. To REDRESSverb

    Etymology: redresser, Fr.

    In yonder spring of roses,
    Find what to redress till noon. John Milton.

    She felt with me, what I felt of my captivity, and streight laboured to redress my pain, which was her pain. Philip Sidney.

    ’Tis thine, O king! th’ afflicted to redress. Dryden.

    In countries of freedom, princes are bound to protect their subjects in liberty, property and religion, to receive their petitions, and redress their grievances. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. redress

    Redress is the action of setting right something that is unfair or wrong. It can refer to compensating, correcting, or providing relief for damages, grievances, or harm suffered by someone. It can also encompass the means or process of seeking this remedy or correction, often through legal actions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redressverb

    to dress again

  2. Redressverb

    to put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise

  3. Redressverb

    to set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from

  4. Redressverb

    to make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon

  5. Redressnoun

    the act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment

  6. Redressnoun

    a setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification

  7. Redressnoun

    one who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser

  8. Etymology: [Pref. re- + dress.]

Wikidata

  1. Redress

    In film, a redress is the redecoration of an existing movie set, so that it can double for another set. This saves the trouble and expenses of constructing a second, new set, though they face the difficulty of doing it so the average viewer does not notice the same set is reused. Also there could be logistical problems, such as conflicting shooting schedules, continuity if the set isn't quite the same as it was or different. The latter problem arises because the set dresser may be unaware of changes created by the action.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Redress

    rē-dres′, v.t. to set right: to relieve from: to make amends to: to compensate: to dress again.—n. relief: reparation.—n. Redress′er, one who gives redress.—adjs. Redress′ible, that may be redressed; Redress′ive, affording redress; Redress′less, without relief.—n. Redress′ment, the act of redressing.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of redress in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of redress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of redress in a Sentence

  1. Brian Chavez-Ochoa:

    There have been statements made that any businesses that (defy the order) could have their business license pulled, their electricity turned off, and things of that nature. if they take steps that prevent him from opening up, we'll seek redress in the federal court.

  2. Barbara Ehardt:

    When you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us.

  3. Barbara Ehardt:

    Constitutionally, people should have the opportunity to seek redress from their government, when you go to seek redress and your government doesn’t listen to you, where do you turn? These people were seeking redress from the next best thing, which would be us.

  4. William Blackstone:

    And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.

  5. Elizabeth Montagu:

    I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.

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Translations for redress

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  • compensaciónSpanish
  • प्रतिकारHindi
  • puretumu, puretumutangaMāori
  • redresaRomanian
  • исправлять, восстанавливать, поднимать, исправление, компенсировать, восстановлениеRussian

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