Definition of redress Redress

/ɹɪdɹɛˈs/ - [ridres] - re•dress

We found 21 definitions of redress from 5 different sources.

What does redress mean?

Noun Plural: redresses
redress - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
		remedy, remediation
		rectification, correction determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
redress - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
		damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution
		compensation something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
		relief the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta"
		actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
		nominal damages (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
		exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)

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redress (Noun)
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
redress (Noun)
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
redress (Noun)
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
redress (Noun)
The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
redress (Verb)
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
redress (Verb)
To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
redress (Verb)
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
redress (Verb)
To put upright again; to restore.
redress (Verb)
To dress again.
redress (Verb)
To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

redress (v. t.)
To dress again.
redress (v. t.)
To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
redress (v. t.)
To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
redress (v. t.)
To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
redress (n.)
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
redress (n.)
A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
redress (n.)
One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

redress
rē-dres′, v.t. to set right: to relieve from: to make amends to: to compensate: to dress again.—n. relief: reparation.—n. Redress′er, one who gives redress.—adjs. Redress′ible, that may be redressed; Redress′ive, affording redress; Redress′less, without relief.—n. Redress′ment, the act of redressing

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redress in sign language