redress
verb/rɪˈdres/
/rɪˈdres/
(formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they redress | /rɪˈdres/ /rɪˈdres/ |
| he / she / it redresses | /rɪˈdresɪz/ /rɪˈdresɪz/ |
| past simple redressed | /rɪˈdrest/ /rɪˈdrest/ |
| past participle redressed | /rɪˈdrest/ /rɪˈdrest/ |
| -ing form redressing | /rɪˈdresɪŋ/ /rɪˈdresɪŋ/ |
- redress something to correct something that is unfair or wrong synonym right (5)
- to redress an injustice
Extra Examples- Attempts were made to redress some of the injustices of the previous regime.
- The king did little to redress the grievances of the people.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRedress is used with these nouns as the object:- balance
- grievance
- imbalance
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: the verb from Old French redresser; the noun via Anglo-Norman French redresse.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See redress in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee redress in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishredress the balance
- to make a situation equal or fair again
- For years poorer children have had to put up with a lower quality education, and now is the time to redress the balance.
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