Noun: redress ri'dres
- Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
"The company undertook environmental redress of the polluted site";
- remedy, remediation, redressal [Asia]
- A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
"Victims demanded redress for their losses";
- damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redressal [Asia]
- Make reparations or amends for
"redress a wrong done to the victims of the Holocaust";
- right, compensate, correct
Derived forms: redressing, redresses, redressed
Type of: alter, change, compensation, correction, modify, rectification
Encyclopedia: Redress