redress (n.)

  1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

    [ Syn: damages , amends , indemnity , indemnification , restitution ]

  2. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

    [ Syn: remedy , remediation ]

    redress (v.)

  1. make reparations or amends for; right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust

    [ Syn: right , compensate , correct ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.