redress

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɹiˈdɹɛs/

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  Rhymes: -ɛs

[edit] Noun

redress (plural redresses)

1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
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.

   This is a redress of the office set.

[edit] Derived terms

• self-redress

[edit] Verb

to redress (third-person singular simple present redresses, present participle redressing, simple past and past participle redressed)

1. To dress again.
2. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
3. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
4. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
5. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

[edit] Derived terms

• self-redress