redress
verb · noun
Simple meaning
To set right.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɹɪdˈɹɛs
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Make reparations or amends for
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
To dress again.
noun
A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
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This meaning: To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
Used this way, redress is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. It turns up most in personal or emotional discussion and literature or storytelling contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Strong
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Everyday but emotionally strong
Where it naturally appears
- Personal/emotional discussion
- Literature/storytelling
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