redress

re·dress  (r-drs)

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 (rdrs)

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

2. Correction or reformation.

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

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re·dresser, re·dressor n.

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redress

Verb

1. to make amends for

2. to adjust in order to make fair or equal: to redress the balance

Noun

1. compensation or reparation

2. the setting right of a wrong [Old French redrecier to set up again]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	redress - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury amends, damages, indemnification, restitution, indemnity compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) relief - (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?" actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
	2.	redress - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil remediation, remedy correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right salve - anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"
Verb	1.	redress - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" right, correct, compensate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" over-correct, overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an error aby, abye, atone, expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"

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redress

verb 1. make amends for, pay for, make up for, compensate for, put right, recompense for, make reparation for, make restitution for

verb 2. put right, reform, balance, square, correct, ease, repair, relieve, adjust, regulate, remedy, amend, mend, rectify, even up, restore the balance

noun 3. amends, payment, compensation, reparation, restitution, atonement, recompense, requital, quittance

Translations

redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n → reparación f

vt → reparar, corregir;

to redress the balance → restablecer el equilibrio

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redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n → réparation f

vt → redresser;

to redress the balance → rétablir l'équilibre

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redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n (compensation) → Wiedergutmachung f

vt (error etc) → wiedergutmachen;

to redress the balance → das Gleichgewicht wiederherstellen

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redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n → riparazione f

vt → riparare;

to redress the balance → ristabilire l'equilibrio