redress
noun/rɪˈdres/
/rɪˈdres/
[uncountable] (formal)- payment, etc. that you should get for something wrong that has happened to you or harm that you have suffered synonym compensation
- to have little prospect of redress
- redress for something to seek legal redress for unfair dismissal
- redress against something to provide/obtain redress against something
Word OriginMiddle English: the verb from Old French redresser; the noun via Anglo-Norman French redresse.Definitions on the go
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