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Antonyms for re-dress
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ree-dres |
Phonetic Transcription : riˈdrɛs |
- abandon
- abet
- accusation
- aggravate
- agree
- aid
- allow
- allowance
- approve
- arrange
- ask
- assist
- award
- be permissive
- be real
- blame
- block
- blockage
- blow
- blunder
- break
- censure
- charge
- cheer
- coddle
- coddling
- comfort
- complaint
- condemn
- condemnation
- confirm
- confuse
- convict
- corroborate
- corrupt
- corruption
- criticism
- damage
- debt
- decline
- defiance
- denial
- deny
- depart
- depress
- depression
- deprivation
- deprive
- derange
- destroy
- destruction
- deteriorate
- disadvantage
- disagree
- disappointment
- disarrange
- discontent
- disease
- dishonesty
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- displeasure
- disproportion
- disregard
- dissatisfaction
- dissatisfy
- dissuade
- disturb
- do
- emphasize
- enact
- encourage
- establish
- extortion
- facilitate
- fail
- failure
- falsehood
- fee
- fine
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- forgive
- forgiveness
- forward
- get sick
- give up
- gloom
- go along
- goof
- handicap
- harm
- help
- hinder
- hindrance
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- illegality
- imbalance
- impair
- increase
- indecision
- indictment
- indulge
- indulgence
- injure
- injury
- injustice
- institute
- intensify
- keep
- kill
- lawlessness
- leave
- leave alone
- legalize
- let go
- lose
- loss
- maintain
- melancholy
- misery
- miss
- mistake
- mix up
- move
- need
- neglect
- obstruct
- obstruction
- pain
- pamper
- pardon
- partiality
- penalize
- penalty
- permissiveness
- permit
- pet
- petting
- precede
- problem
- prove
- punish
- ratify
- refusal
- refuse
- remain
- repudiation
- request
- reward
- ruin
- sadness
- sanction
- save
- scatter
- seize
- sentence
- sorrow
- spoil
- spoiling
- start
- stay
- stop
- support
- surrender
- sympathize
- sympathy
- take
- taking
- tell truth
- theft
- tip
- trouble
- unethicalness
- unfairness
- unfit
- unhappiness
- unsuit
- uphold
- upset
- validate
- want
- weaken
- whole
- withhold
- woe
- worsen
- worsening
- wreck
- wrong
Definition of re-dress
- As in justice : noun lawfulness, fairness
- As in atonement : noun compensation
- As in pay : noun earnings from employment
- As in payment : noun fee; installment of fee
- As in recompense : noun something returned, paid back
- As in redress : noun help, compensation
- As in remedy : noun cure, solution
- As in reparation : noun compensation, amends
- As in restitution : noun compensation, repayment
- As in retribution : noun payback for another's action
- As in satisfaction : noun giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content
- As in repayment : noun paying back
- As in requital : noun revenge
- As in indemnification : noun compensation
- As in medicament : noun cure
- As in medication : noun cure
- As in physic : noun cure
- As in quittance : noun compensation
- As in setoff : noun compensation
- As in compensation : noun repayment; rectification
- As in adjustment : noun adaptation
- As in correction : noun adjustment; fixing
- As in cure : noun solution to problem, often health
- As in amends : noun compensation
- As in apology : noun offering of remorse, regret
- As in make up : verb compensate, reconcile
- As in mend : verb correct, improve, fix
- As in negate : verb contradict, countermand
- As in neutralize : verb counteract
- As in atone : verb compensate; make amends for former misdoing
- As in avenge : verb retaliate
- As in recompense : verb pay back, make restitution
- As in rectify : verb correct a situation; make something right
- As in redeem : verb atone for; compensate
- As in redress : verb change, rectify
- As in refund : verb return money; rebate
- As in remedy : verb fix, cure
- As in remunerate : verb compensate, reward
- As in repair : verb fix, restore
- As in replace : verb take the place of; put in place of
- As in requite : verb compensate, give in return
- As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- As in right : verb fix, correct
- As in cancel : verb equal out
- As in restitute : verb refund
- As in compensate : verb offset, make up for
- As in adjust : verb become or make prepared, adapted
- As in correct : verb fix, adjust
- As in counteract : verb do opposing action
- As in cure : verb heal, ease bad situation
- As in expiate : verb make amends for
- (b) When the following vowel is an accented syllable; o-blige, re-dress.
- Extract from : « Division of Words » by Frederick W. Hamilton
- With that he hastily slipped on a scanty covering of clothes and set to work to re-dress Tom's wounds.
- Extract from : « Camp Venture » by George Cary Eggleston
- We have to re-dress the septic things with H2O2, which keeps them going till they can be specially treated at the base.
- Extract from : « Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 » by Anonymous
- Miss Fancy had apparently to re-dress herself, judging from the length of her absence.
- Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett
Synonyms for re-dress
- abate
- abide by
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- absolve
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- accord
- accustom
- achievement
- acknowledgment
- acquit
- acquittal
- adapt
- adhere to
- adjust
- adjustment
- admission
- advance
- advantage
- aid
- alimony
- alleviate
- alleviation
- allowance
- alter
- alteration
- ameliorate
- amelioration
- amend
- amending
- amendment
- amends
- amortization
- amount
- amusement
- annihilate
- annuity
- annul
- answer
- ante up
- antidote
- apologize
- apology
- appeal
- appease
- arrange
- arrangement
- assistance
- assuage
- atone
- atone for
- atonement
- attend
- authority
- authorization
- avenge
- avengement
- avenging
- award
- back up
- bacon
- balance
- balance out
- balancing
- be out for blood
- belie
- benefit
- better
- biologic
- blackball
- bliss
- bonus
- bounty
- bread
- break with
- buck
- bury the hatchet
- bus fare
- call off
- cancel
- cancel out
- carry out
- cash
- catholicon
- change
- changing
- charter
- chasten
- chastise
- check
- cheerfulness
- clean up
- clean up act
- clean up one's act
- code
- cold turkey
- come back at
- come to terms
- comeuppance
- comfort
- commission
- comp
- compensate
- compensate for
- compensation
- complacency
- compose
- concession
- conciliate
- conciliation
- condition
- confession
- conform
- conformance
- conquer
- consideration
- constitutionality
- contentedness
- contentment
- contravene
- control
- controvert
- convalesce
- correct
- correcting
- correction
- corrective
- cough up
- counteract
- counteractant
- counteraction
- counteractive
- counteragent
- counterbalance
- counterblow
- countercheck
- counterclaim
- countermand
- countermeasure
- counterpoise
- counterstep
- countervail
- counterwork
- coverage
- credo
- creed
- cross
- cue
- cure
- cure-all
- damages
- darn
- debug
- declare invalid
- decree
- defeat
- defend
- defense
- defray
- defrayal
- defrayment
- delight
- deny
- deposit
- deserts
- dial back
- ding
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disbursement
- discard
- discharge
- dish out
- displace
- dispose
- disprove
- do as Romans do
- do business
- do justice
- do over
- do penance
- do up
- doctor
- dose
- down
- dress
- drug
- dry out
- due process
- dues
- dump
- earnings
- ease
- edit
- editing
- elixir
- elixir vitae
- emend
- emendation
- emolument
- emoluments
- enjoyment
- equalize
- equity
- even out
- even the score
- evenness
- excuse
- expiate
- expiation
- explanation
- extenuation
- eye for an eye
- fair play
- fair treatment
- fee
- fiddle with
- fight back
- fill in
- fine-tune
- fit
- fitting
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- fix up
- fixing
- fly in the face of
- foil
- follow
- forgive
- forgive and forget
- front for
- frustrate
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- gain
- gainsay
- get
- get act together
- get back at
- get better
- get even
- get it together
- get well
- get with it
- give a face-lift
- give back
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- give satisfaction
- gladness
- go against
- go over
- go straight
- good fortune
- grant
- gratification
- gravy
- grease
- grin and bear it
- guerdon
- habituate
- halt
- happiness
- harmonize
- heal
- healing
- healing agent
- hearing
- help
- hinder
- hire
- hit back
- hold to
- honesty
- honor a claim
- honorarium
- ignore
- impartiality
- improve
- improvement
- impugn
- income
- indemnification
- indemnify
- indemnity
- indulgence
- integrity
- invalidate
- joy
- judicatory
- judicature
- just desserts
- justice
- justification
- justify
- justness
- keep
- keep the faith
- kick
- kick back
- kick the habit
- kill
- knit
- launder
- law
- legal process
- legality
- legalization
- legitimacy
- litigation
- look up
- make
- make amends
- make better
- make conform
- make good
- make healthy
- make over
- make peace
- make redress
- make reparation
- make repayment
- make reprisal
- make restitution
- make right
- make up for
- make whole
- making good
- match
- mea culpa
- medicament
- medicant
- medicate
- medication
- medicine
- meed
- meet
- mend
- mending
- minister to
- mitigate
- mitigation
- modification
- modify
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- nostrum
- nullify
- nurse
- offset
- offsetting
- oppose
- order
- ordering
- organization
- organizing
- orientation
- oust
- outlay
- outplace
- outweigh
- overcome
- overcompensate
- overcompensation
- overhaul
- override
- overrule
- overthrow
- pacify
- palliate
- panacea
- part
- patch
- patch up
- pay
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay dues
- pay for
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- pay up
- pay-off
- payback
- paying
- payment
- payoff
- peace of mind
- penalty
- penance
- pension
- perform
- perk up
- perquisite
- pharmaceutical
- pharmacon
- physic
- pick up
- pill
- pinch hit for
- pittance
- placebo
- plea
- pleasure
- polish
- portion
- post
- premium
- prevent
- pride
- proceeds
- profit
- propitiate
- propitiation
- proprietary
- punish
- punishment
- put an end to
- put back
- put back together
- put down
- put in order
- put in place
- put out
- put right
- quadrate
- quash
- quick fix
- quit
- quit cold
- quittance
- readjustment
- ready
- reasonableness
- rebate
- rebuild
- rebut
- recaliation
- recalibrate
- recall
- recant
- reciprocate
- reciprocity
- reckoning
- reclaim
- recompensation
- recompense
- reconcile
- recondition
- reconstitute
- reconstruct
- recoup
- recoupment
- recover
- recovery
- rectification
- rectify
- rectitude
- recuperate
- redeem
- redemption
- redress
- reestablish
- reestablishment
- reexamination
- refit
- reform
- reformation
- refresh
- refreshment
- refund
- refurbish
- refute
- regain
- regulate
- regulating
- regulation
- rehabilitate
- rehabilitation
- reimburse
- reimbursement
- reinstate
- rejuvenate
- relief
- relieve
- relinquish
- remedy
- remission
- remit
- remittal
- remittance
- remodel
- remodeling
- remunerate
- remuneration
- render inert
- render null and void
- renew
- renewal
- renovate
- reorganize
- repair
- repairing
- reparation
- repay
- repayment
- repeal
- repletion
- reprisal
- repudiate
- requital
- requite
- rereading
- rescind
- resist
- resolution
- respond
- restitute
- restitution
- restora-tive
- restoration
- restorative
- restore
- restore to health
- retaliate
- retaliation
- retort
- retouch
- retract
- retread
- retribute
- retribution
- retrieval
- retrieve
- retrievement
- return
- return the compliment
- revamp
- revanche
- revenge
- reverse
- review
- revisal
- revise
- revising
- revision
- revive
- revoke
- reward
- reworking
- right
- righting
- ring
- ring in
- rule
- rule out
- salary
- salt
- salvo
- sanction
- satiety
- satisfaction
- satisfy
- save
- scale
- score
- scrub
- sentence
- serenity
- service
- set aside
- set off
- set right
- set straight
- set to rights
- set upright
- setoff
- setting
- settle
- settle up
- settle with
- settlement
- sew
- shake
- shake hands
- shape up
- shaping
- shell out
- shift
- sit in
- solatium
- solve
- soothe
- sort out
- spring for
- square
- square deal
- square things
- square up
- squaring things
- stand in
- stand in lieu of
- standardization
- step into shoes of
- stick it to
- stipend
- stipendium
- stonewall
- straighten
- straighten out
- straighten up
- sub
- subdue
- subsidy
- substitute
- succeed
- suit
- sum
- supersede
- supplant
- supply
- support
- suppress
- swap places
- sweat it out
- sweeten the pot
- sweetener
- swim with the tide
- swing for
- tailor
- tailor-make
- take
- take an eye for an eye
- take care of
- take one's medicine
- take out
- take over
- take over from
- take satisfaction
- take vengeance
- take-home
- takings
- therapeutic
- therapy
- thwart
- tip
- touch up
- traverse
- treat
- treatment
- truth
- tune
- turn around
- turn down
- turn over new leaf
- turn the tables on
- turn things around
- turn thumbs down
- turning
- undo
- upgrade
- vacate
- venge
- vengeance
- vindicate
- vindication
- vitiate
- void
- vouchsafe
- wage
- wages
- well-being
- what for
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