1. Correct, fix, improve or make right something that is wrong or defective
   "remedy these deficiencies";
   - rectify, remediate, repair, amend
    
2. (medicine) provide relief for
   "remedy his illness";
   - relieve

1. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
   "The company offered a quick remedy for the software bug";
   - redress, remediation, redressal [Asia]
    
2. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain
   "The new antibiotic proved to be an effective remedy for the infection";
   - curative, cure, therapeutic
    
3. (law) the legal means to recover a right or obtain redress for a wrong
   "The court granted an injunction as a remedy for the breach of contract"

Derived forms: remedying, remedies, remedied

Type of: care for, correct, correction, med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine, rectification, rectify, right, treat

Part of: intervention, treatment

Encyclopedia: Remedy