Meaning of redress | Babel Free

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1. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
3. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
   countable, uncountable
4. Something to make up for loss or damage:amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, recompense, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff.
5. A possibility to set right, or a possibility to seek a remedy, for instance in court
   countable, uncountable
6. to set right or compensate for. The company offered the man a large sum of money to redress the harm that their product had done to him. herstel يُصْلِح، يُعَوِّض، يُنْصِف възстановявам compensar nahradit wiedergutmachen gøre god igen; afhjælpe επανορθώνω, αποζημιώνωcompensar hüvitama جبران کردن korjata redresser לְכָפֵר עַל- सही करना nadoknaditi, odštetiti jóvátesz mengganti kerugian bæta fyrir compensare, risarcire 直す 보상하다 atlyginti, kompensuoti kompensēt; atlīdzināt mengganti-rugi compense...
7. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
   countable, uncountable
8. (money etc which is paid as) compensation for some wrong that has been done. herstelgeld إصْلاح، تَعْويض، إنْصاف компенсация indenizar náhrada die Entschädigung godtgørelse αποζημίωσηcompensación hüvitus جبران korvaus réparation לְפַצוֹת अन्याय का प्रतिकार odšteta jóvátétel ganti rugi bætur riparazione, risarcimento 補償 보상 atlyginimas, kompensacija kompensācija; atlīdzība pengganti-rugi compensatieerstatningrekompensata سمونه، چاره كول، اصلاح كول compensação reparaţii компенсация náhrada odško...
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9. to make things equal again. die balans herstel يُعيد التَّوازُن възстановявам равновесието restabelecer o equilíbrio nastolit rovnováhu wiederherstellen genoprette balancen αποκαθιστώ την ισορροπία restablecer el equilibrio uuesti tasakaalu viima عدالت بر قرا کردن palauttaa tasapaino rétablir l'équilibre לְתָקֵן עַוולָה समानीकरण, पुन: समानता लाना vratiti ravnotežu, izjednačiti helyreállítja az egyensúlyát vminek menyeimbangkan kembali koma á jafnvægi aftur ristabilire l'equilibrio 不釣合を正す 균형을 ...
10. volver a vendar; poner un nuevo vendaje; remediar.
11. To set right (an undesirable situation, for example); remedy or rectify. See Synonyms at correct.
12. To make amends to: felt he should be redressed for the loss.
13. Satisfaction for wrong or injury; reparation.
14. The act of redressing; rectification or reformation.
15. to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for: to redress a grievance.

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Examples

“Iohn. [of Lancaster] […] Let's drinke together friendly, and embrace, / That all their eyes may beare thoſe Tokens home, / Of our reſtored Loue and Amitie. / Biſh. [Archbishop of York] I take your Princely word, for theſe redreſſes.”

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

“"Good heavens!" cried Elizabeth; "but how could that be?—How could his will be disregarded?—Why did you not seek legal redress?"”

“It will be pleaded, thirdly, that no substitute for war can be devised, which will insure to a nature a redress of wrongs.—But is it common for a nation to obtain a redress of wrongs by war? As to redress, do not the wars of nations resemble boxing at a tavern, when both the combatants receive a terrible bruising, then drink together, and make peace, each, however, bearing for a long time the marks of his folly and madness? A redress of wrongs by war is so uncommon, that unless revenge is redress, and multiplied injuries satisfaction, we should suppose that none but madmen would run the hazard.”

“Although the main sanction is a criminal prosecution, there is also the possibility of consumer redress, either through compensation orders or the new civil sanction pilots.”

“The offering of redress and reparations to Japanese Americans was a significant step in the proliferation of a redress and reparation norm. As previously stated, redress had previously been focused on transitional justice, providing criminal, legislative, and reparatory justice following a shift from an authoritarian regime to a democratic regime. Providing redress and reparation to a victimized group in a country that did not undergo a regime change, and in fact was a major world power, created a tipping point for reparation politics.”

“The Honeydukes set in this film is a redress of the set of Flourish and Blotts that was seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which, in turn, was a redress of the Ollivander's set from the first film.”

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