redress

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /rɪˈdrɛs/ UK /rɪˈdrɛs/ See IPA manual

noun verb

Meanings

1

noun
remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance

Victims sought legal redress for the damage caused.

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Synonyms

1 noun · remedy or compensation for... remedy compensation reparation amends restitution correct rectify

Opposites

wrong injury harm

Word family

Derived forms redressableredressedredresserredressment

Related forms dress address direct

Etymology

From Old French redrecier ('to set straight, restore'), from re- ('again') + drecier ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin directus ('straight'), from dirigere ('to direct').

redrecier Old French directus Latin regere Latin

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Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives

# redress

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** rɪˈdrɛs
**IPA (UK):** rɪˈdrɛs

## Meanings
1. remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance

## Examples
- Victims sought legal redress for the damage caused.

## Synonyms
- remedy
- compensation
- reparation
- amends
- restitution
- correct
- rectify

## Antonyms
- wrong
- injury
- harm

## Derived Forms
- redressable
- redressed
- redresser
- redressment

## Related Forms
- dress
- address
- direct

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: redrecier
- Root: directus
- Root: regere

## Etymology
From Old French redrecier ('to set straight, restore'), from re- ('again') + drecier ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin directus ('straight'), from dirigere ('to direct').

## AI Etymology
Redress comes from Old French redrecier ('to set straight, restore'), from re- ('again') + drecier ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin directus ('straight'), from dirigere ('to direct'). The prefix supplies the first semantic turn, while the base carries the lexical core of the word. As a noun and verb, it carries the sense "remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Old French redrecier, Latin directus, and Latin regere. Derivative forms include redressable, redressed, redresser, redressment; related words include dress, address, direct.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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