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Definitions for: Remedy
[n] act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
[n] a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[v] provide relief for; "remedy his illness"
[v] set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
Webster (1913) Definition: Rem"e*dy (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
by for or against, formerly by to.
What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our
own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us.
--Milton.
3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
Civil remedy. See under Civil.
Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
also tolerance.
Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
Rem"e*dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remedied (-d?d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Remedying.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F.
rem?dier. See Remedy, n.]
To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to
repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
I will remedy this gear ere long. --Shak.
Synonyms: amend, curative, cure, rectify, redress, relieve, remediate, remediation, repair
See Also: acoustic, alleviant, alleviator, antidote, application, balm, care for, correct, correction, counterpoison, cure-all, emetic, lenitive, lotion, magic bullet, medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, nauseant, nostrum, ointment, palliative, panacea, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, rectification, right, salve, salve, treat, treatment, unction, unguent, vomit, vomitive
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