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redressremedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance

Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈdres/

Korean meaning: 잘못에 대한 구제, 배상

Korean pronunciation: 리**드레**스

Example Sentences

  • After the pizza arrived cold and burnt, the restaurant offered free dessert as redress.
  • The company must redress the gender pay gap immediately.
  • My cat demanded redress after I accidentally stepped on his tail - he knocked my coffee off the table.

redress

NOUN

//rɪˈdres//

remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance

redress concept
💡 Concept

Making amends for a wrong

redress rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Address the crowd despite the stress, seeking redress!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/rɪˈdres/
🇬🇧 UK/rɪˈdres/

🌳Etymology

Prefixre--
Rootdress

Origin

From Old French 'redresser', combining the prefix 're-' (again) with 'dresser' (to straighten or make right), which comes from Latin 'directus' meaning 'straight'. The word entered Middle English through Norman French influence.

🎵Rhyme

addressstresssuccessexpress
address
stress
success
express

🔗Collocations

seek redress
legal redress
redress the balance
redress grievances
financial redress

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

After the pizza arrived cold and burnt, the restaurant offered free dessert as redress.

The company must redress the gender pay gap immediately.

😄 Fun example

My cat demanded redress after I accidentally stepped on his tail - he knocked my coffee off the table.

The new policy aims to redress historical injustices.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

remedycompensationreparationrestitutionamends

Antonyms

injusticewrongdoingviolation

Related

justicefairnesscorrectionsettlementgrievance

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