redress
English Thesaurus
1. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | correction, rectification, |
| definition | : | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | salve, |
| definition | : | anything that remedies or heals or soothes (noun.act) |
2. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (noun.possession)
| hypernym | : | compensation, |
| definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | relief, |
| definition | : | (law) redress awarded by a court (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | nominal damages, |
| definition | : | (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) (noun.possession) |
3. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
4. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil (noun.act)
| derivation | : | remedial, |
| definition | : | tending or intended to rectify or improve (adj.all) |
5. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (noun.possession)
6. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
| antonym | : | wrong, |
| definition | : | treat unjustly; do wrong to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
| definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | right, |
| definition | : | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | compensation, |
| definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
| derivation | : | right, |
| definition | : | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (noun.possession) |
7. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil (noun.act)
| derivation | : | remedial, |
| definition | : | tending or intended to rectify or improve (adj.all) |
8. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury (noun.possession)
9. make reparations or amends for (verb.social)
| antonym | : | wrong, |
| definition | : | treat unjustly; do wrong to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | compensation, recompense, |
| definition | : | the act of compensating for service or loss or injury (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | right, |
| definition | : | an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | compensation, |
| definition | : | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (noun.possession) |
| derivation | : | right, |
| definition | : | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing (noun.possession) |
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