remedy

rem·e·dy  (rm-d)

n. pl. rem·e·dies

1. Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder.

2. Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.

3. Law A legal order of preventing or redressing a wrong or enforcing a right.

4. The allowance by a mint for deviation from the standard weight or quality of coins.

tr.v. rem·e·died, rem·e·dy·ing, rem·e·dies

1. To relieve or cure (a disease or disorder).

2. To remove, counteract, or rectify. See Synonyms at correct, cure.

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[Middle English remedie, from Old French, from Latin remedium : re-, re- + medr, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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remedy

Noun

pl -edies

1. a drug or treatment for curing pain or disease

2. a way of solving a problem: every statesman promised a remedy for unemployment

Verb

[-edies, -edying, -edied]

to put right or improve [Latin remedium a cure]

remediable adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	remedy - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil remediation, redress 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"
	2.	remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain curative, cure, therapeutic treatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) acoustic - a remedy for hearing loss or deafness antidote, counterpoison - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting lenitive - remedy that eases pain and discomfort lotion, application - liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion for dry skin" magic bullet - a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation alleviant, palliative, alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curing catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea - hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists preventative, preventive, prophylactic - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Verb	1.	remedy - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" remediate, amend, rectify, repair correct, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
	2.	remedy - provide relief for; "remedy his illness" relieve practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" care for, treat - provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

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remedy

noun 1. solution, relief, redress, antidote, corrective, panacea, countermeasure

noun 2. cure, treatment, specific, medicine, therapy, antidote, panacea, restorative, relief, nostrum, physic (rare) medicament, counteractive

verb 3. put right, redress, rectify, reform, fix, correct, solve, repair, relieve, ameliorate, set to rights

verb 4. cure, treat, heal, help, control, ease, restore, relieve, soothe, alleviate, mitigate, assuage, palliate

Translations

remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n → remedio

vt → remediar, curar

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remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n remedy (for) → remède m (contre or à) vt → remédier à

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remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n (lit, fig) → (Heil)mittel nt

vt (mistake, situation) → abhelfen +dat

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remedy [ˈrɛmədɪ] n remedy (for) → rimedio (per) vt → rimediare a

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remedy

n remedy [ˈremədi]

a cure for an illness or something bad I know a good remedy for toothache. kuur عِلاج лекарство lék middel das Heilmittel θεραπεία, γιατρικό remedio ravim درمان؛ علاج parannuskeino remède תְּרוּפָה उपचार, उपाय lijek orvosság obat lækning, ráð; lyf rimedio 治療 치료법, 구제 방법 vaistas, poveikio/teisės gynimo priemonė zāles ubat geneesmiddel lege-/botemiddel, (lege)råd lekarstwo remédio remediu средство liek zdravilo lek botemedel การรักษา ilâç, çare 治療方法 ліки علاج phương thuốc; giải pháp 治疗方法

v

to put right These mistakes can be remedied. regmaak يُعالِج، يُداوي поправям napravit afhjælpe beheben διορθώνω, θεραπεύω remediar parandama جبران کردن korjata remédier à לְתַקֵן सुधारना popraviti orvosol, helyrehoz memperbaiki ráða bót á, laga rimediare a 直す 고치다, 구제하다 ištaisyti labot; līdzēt dipulihkan herstellen rette/bøte på, gjøre godt igjen naprawić remediar a remedia исправлять napraviť popraviti ispraviti råda bot på (för), avhjälpa แก้ไข çaresini bulmak, düzeltmek 補救 виправляти اصلاح کرنا sửa chữa 补救

adj remedial [rəˈmiːdiəl]

able to, or intended to, put right or to correct or cure She does remedial work with the less clever children; remedial exercises. genesing عِلاجي، مُداوٍ поправящ nápravný; léčebný hjælpe- Heil-... επανορθωτικός, διορθωτικός, θεραπευτικός de recuperación, de rehabilitación järeleaitamis-, abi- درمانی؛ اصلاحی؛ ترمیمی kuntoutus- réparateur, correctif הוֹרָאָה מְתָקֶנֶת उपचारी dopunska nastava (za loše učenike), mjere da se nešto popravi javító, gyógy- untuk memperbaiki sem læknar eða ræður bót á e-u; hjálpar- riparatore, correttivo 補習の 치료하는[], 교정하는 pataisos, gydomasis korektīvs; labošanas- pemulihan remedi{#225}{#137}{#225}rend hjelpe-, støtte-(undervisning) zaradczy, leczniczy, korekcyjny de recuperação de recuperare коррективный;лечебный nápravný; liečebný terapevtski, rehabilitacijski izlečiv läkande, bote-, hjälp-, stöd- ซึ่งช่วยแก้ไข geliştirici, yetiştirici; tedavi edici 補救的 лікувальний اصلاحی sự điều trị; sự sửa chữa 补救的