Defenition of the word redress
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Defenition of the word redress
- a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrong"
- make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- make reparations or amends for
Synonyms for the word redress
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- amends
- balance out
- compensate
- compensation
- correct
- damages
- equalize
- even out
- indemnification
- indemnity
- level out
- put right
- recompense
- rectify
- reimbursement
- remediation
- remedy
- reparation
- restitution
- restore
- right
- set right
Similar words in the redress
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- compensate
- counterbalance
- even off
- even out
- even up
- redress
- redressed
- redresses
- redressing
Hyponyms for the word redress
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- aby
- abye
- actual damages
- atone
- atonement
- compensatory damages
- exemplary damages
- expiate
- expiation
- general damages
- nominal damages
- over-correct
- overcompensate
- punitive damages
- relief
- salve
- satisfaction
- smart money
Hypernyms for the word redress
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- alter
- change
- compensation
- correcting
- correction
- modify
- rectification
Antonyms for the word redress
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