## Meanings
1. A medicine or treatment that cures an illness or relieves pain.
2. A way of dealing with a problem or putting something right.
3. To put right or correct something that is wrong.

## Examples
- Honey and lemon is a popular remedy for a sore throat.
- There is no easy remedy for traffic in the city center.
- The company promised to remedy the situation quickly.

## Derived Forms
- nonremedy
- remediless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *med-
- Root: remedie
- Root: *remedie
- Root: remedium

## Etymology
From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

## AI Etymology
Remedy comes from Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid. Modern senses include a medicine or treatment that cures an illness or relieves pain. and a way of dealing with a problem or putting something right.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonremedy and remediless.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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