redress
15
7.6
- noun
- /rɪˈdrɛs/
- Formal
:
reparación
- However, they were without legal grounds for redress until the 1960s.
- seek redress
- redress of grievances
- obtain redress
But when you talk about deeper redress, let's be specific about what we're talking about.
- But when you talk about deeper redress, let's be specific about what we're talking about.
- That citizenship does not entitle them to redress.
- If you argue that, then you have to argue away the entire need for redress.
- And following from that, the hope is that there will be redress, restitution and, and, and proper acknowledgement of, of what happened.
- Highlights the fact that we should have the ability to contest and seek redress when these products do not behave according to their expectations.
- That without redress, without rule of law, without.
- I would argue that there has been a redress for the undoubted sins of the past trust in in those sorts of programs today.
Examples
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The courts provide a means of redress when such actions are threatened or take place.
Academic text (1992) -
Who has the moral standing to make the demands for economic redress typically made in the progressive era?
Academic text (1991) -
- I am one man trying to seek redress from his elected officials.
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A woman has no redress against her husband, my lord.
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The thing is it's very hard to get any sort of redress, any sort of compensation help.
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When individuals experience adverse economic conditions, they seek redress from the government, and thus they vote.
Academic text (1994) -
This House demands redress for grievances.
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The case was eventually settled, and defendants agreed to provide consumer redress that should ultimately exceed two million dollars.
Academic text (1999) -
Redress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations, parades and protests.
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Many citizens feel frustrated when they have no redress for the injustices they face.
Synonyms
214
3.6
Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury
90
3.8
An action that corrects a mistake or bad situation
51
7.7
A decision by a court that gives money or protection
49
4.0
Money paid back to someone for costs they paid
38
6.9
Giving back something lost or paying money for damage
24
3.9
Something given or done that makes a person feel their complaint is solved
19
6.8
Giving money or help to make up for a wrong
8
6.3
The process of fixing a problem so something works properly
2
8.8
Money that a person receives for loss, damage, or injury
1
8.0
Money paid to make up for loss, damage or injury
1
3.9
An amount of money paid to someone for loss or injury
1
7.7
To get back money that you lost or paid out
An action that fixes a wrong by giving help or money to the person harmed
Actions or money given to make up for harm someone caused
How Remedied
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Redress comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and an old verb dress meaning 'to set straight', the same root you see in address. So, redress as a noun is the act of 'setting right again' or giving compensation for a wrong.