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Antonyms for redress
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun ree-dres, ri-dres; verb ri-dres |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; verb rɪˈdrɛs |
Definition of redress
Origin :- mid-14c., "to correct, reform;" late 14c., "restore, put right" (a wrong, error, offense); "repair; relieve; improve; amend," from Old French redrecier "reform, restore, rebuild" (Modern French redresser), from re- "again" (see re-) + drecier "to straighten, arrange" (see dress (v.)). Formerly used in many more senses than currently. Related: Redressed; redressing.
- noun help, compensation
- verb change, rectify
- Longespe, complained to the King; but Louis could give him no redress.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- With the clash of our spells, no charm can redress our fate.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- But he came home every time; only when Death finally stole him, we had no redress.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- If he had been wronged and injured, why could not he redress himself like other injured men?
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- His only redress is forthwith to draw a circle outside of his antagonist.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It sounded the knell of all hope of redress of their wrongs.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Redress was not granted, and his messenger never returned to him.
- Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various
- But now on reading the letter she felt that no redress was within her reach.
- Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
- What, then, is the redress in case of his doing any mischief?
- Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
- The world seemed to ring of him, and he had abandoned all means of redress.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
Synonyms for redress
- adjust
- aid
- amend
- amendment
- amends
- annul
- assistance
- atonement
- balance
- balancing
- cancel
- change
- compensate
- conciliation
- correct
- correction
- counteract
- countercheck
- cure
- dial back
- ease
- even out
- frustrate
- indemnity
- justice
- make amends
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up for
- mend
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- offsetting
- pay for
- pay one's dues
- payment
- put right
- quittance
- recalibrate
- recompense
- rectification
- reestablishment
- reform
- reformation
- regulate
- rehabilitation
- relief
- relieve
- remedy
- remission
- remodeling
- renewal
- repair
- reparation
- reprisal
- requital
- restitution
- restore
- retribution
- return
- revise
- revision
- reward
- reworking
- satisfaction
- square
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn things around
- vengeance
- vindicate
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