Redresser

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re·dress (r

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tr.v. re·dressed, re·dress·ing, re·dress·es

1. To set right; remedy or rectify.

2. To make amends to.

3. To make amends for. See Synonyms at correct.

4. To adjust (a balance, for example).

n. also (r

1. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation. See Synonyms at reparation.

2. Correction or reformation.

[Middle English redressen, from Old French redrecier : re-, re- + drecier, to arrange; see dress.]

re·dresser, re·dressor n.

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