redress (redirected from redressing the balance)

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

redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n → réparation f

vt → redresser;

to redress the balance → rétablir l'équilibre

redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n (compensation) → Wiedergutmachung f

vt (error etc) → wiedergutmachen;

to redress the balance → das Gleichgewicht wiederherstellen

redress [rɪˈdrɛs] n → riparazione f

vt → riparare;

to redress the balance → ristabilire l'equilibrio

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redress

v redress [rəˈdres]

to set right or compensate for The company offered the man a large sum of money to redress the harm that their product had done to him. herstel يُصْلِح، يُعَوِّض، يُنْصِف възстановявам nahradit gøre god igen; afhjælpe wiedergutmachen επανορθώνω, αποζημιώνω compensar hüvitama جبران کردن hyvittää redresser לְכָפֵר עַל- सही करना nadoknaditi, odštetiti jóvátesz mengganti kerugian bæta fyrir compensare, risarcire 直す 고치다, 시정하다, 배상하다 atlyginti, kompensuoti kompensēt; atlīdzināt mengganti-rugi compenseren bøte på, erstatte zadośćuczynić compensar a redresa; a repara исправлять; компенсировать nahradiť odškodovati nadoknaditi rätta till, gottgöra ชดเชย düzeltmek, telâfi etmek 糾正，賠償 відшкодовувати, компенсувати تدارک کرنا đền bù 纠正，赔偿

n

(money etc which is paid as) compensation for some wrong that has been done. herstelgeld إصْلاح، تَعْويض، إنْصاف компенсация náhrada godtgørelse die Entschädigung αποζημίωση compensación hüvitus جبران korvaus réparation לְפַצוֹת अन्याय का प्रतिकार odšteta jóvátétel ganti rugi bætur riparazione, risarcimento 補償 시정, 배상 atlyginimas, kompensacija kompensācija; atlīdzība pengganti-rugi compensatie erstatning rekompensata compensação reparaţii компенсация náhrada odškodnina naknada gottgörelse, upprättelse การชดเชย tazminat 賠償金 компенсація تلافی sự đền bù 赔偿金

redress the balance

to make things equal again. die balans herstel يُعيد التَّوازُن възстановявам равновесието nastolit rovnováhu genoprette balancen wiederherstellen αποκαθιστώ την ισορροπία restablecer el equilibrio uuesti tasakaalu viima عدالت بر قرا کردن palauttaa tasapaino rétablir l'équilibre לְתָקֵן עַוולָה समानीकरण, पुन: समानता लाना vratiti ravnotežu, izjednačiti helyreállítja az egyensúlyát vminek menyeimbangkan kembali koma á jafnvægi aftur ristabilire l'equilibrio 不釣合を正す 불균형을 바로잡다 atstatyti pusiausvyrą atjaunot līdzsvaru menyamakan het evenwicht herstellen gjenopprette balansen/likevekten przywrócić równowagę restabelecer o equilíbrio a restabili echilibrul восстановить равновесие obnoviť rovnováhu vzpostaviti ravnotežje povratiti ravnotežu ställa till rätta, återställa การแก้ไข dengeyi yeniden sağlamak 作公平的處理 відновити баланс چیزوں کو دوبارہ یکساں کرنا khôi phục thế cân bằng 作公平的处理