redress

/ri'dres/
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redress

The company issued a formal redress to the affected customers.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The act of correcting an error, fault, or evil: "Redress" refers to the action of setting right something that is wrong or unjust.
    • Compensation or remedy for a wrong or loss: "Redress" can also mean a sum of money or other form of compensation paid to make amends for a loss or injury suffered.

  2. Verb:

    • To correct or set right (a wrong or grievance): To remedy or rectify an unjust situation or action.
    • To make amends or reparations for: To compensate someone for a wrong done to them or for a loss they have incurred.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The court ordered the company to pay financial redress to the affected customers.
    • Citizens sought redress for the government's failure to provide basic services.

  • Verb:

    • The new policy aims to redress the inequalities of the past system.
    • It is our duty to redress the wrongs done to the victims.
Advanced Usage

  • "to seek redress": to try to obtain a remedy or compensation for a wrong.

    • The group is seeking legal redress for the discrimination they faced.

  • "redress of grievances": the correction or compensation for complaints or injustices.

    • The First Amendment protects the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Variants and Related Words

  • Redressable (adj): capable of being corrected or remedied.

    • The injustice was severe but ultimately redressable.

  • Redresser (n): a person who corrects wrongs or provides compensation. (Less common)

    • He saw himself as a redresser of societal imbalances.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Remedy, compensation, reparation, restitution, correction.
  • Verb: Rectify, correct, remedy, compensate for, make amends for.
Related Phrases
  • "redress the balance": to restore a fair or equal state.
    • The scholarship program was created to redress the balance of educational opportunity.
Idioms
  • "A grievance that cries out for redress": A wrong that urgently needs to be corrected or compensated.
    • The widespread pollution in the river is a grievance that cries out for redress.
redress

The company issued a formal redress to the affected customers.

Noun
  1. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
  2. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Verb
  1. make reparations or amends for
    • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

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