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Uncommonredress
The correct spelling is redress.
How to pronounce redress
/ɹɪˈdɹɛs/
nounIPA: /ɹɪˈdɹɛs/
Say it like: Red-res-s
The correct spelling is redress. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
- 2.A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
- 3.One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
- 4.The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
verb
- 1.To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- 2.To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- 3.To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- 4.To put upright again; to restore.
- 5.To dress again.
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