Complete Definition of "remedy"

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Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun|remedies

  1. Something that corrects or counteracts.
  2. law The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
  3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.

Translations
trans-top|Something that corrects or counteracts
German: Gegenmittel n
Hungarian: t+|hu|orvosság, t+|hu|ellenszer
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Kurdish: t+|ku|�ار��س��ر|sc=KUchar
Portuguese: t-|pt|remédio|m
Sindhi: SDchar|�ت�دار�ڪ m
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trans-top|The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong
Hungarian: jogorvoslat
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Sindhi: SDchar|�ت�دار�ڪ m
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trans-top|A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
German: t+|de|Heilmittel|n
Hungarian: t+|hu|orvosság
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Polish: t-|pl|lekarstwo|n
Portuguese: t-|pt|remédio|m
Sindhi: SDchar|ع��اج� m
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Verb
en-verb|remedies|remedying|remedied|remedied

  1. transitive To provide or serve as a remedy for.

#* 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 27.
#*: Nor is geometry, when taken into the assistance of natural philosophy, ever able to remedy this defect,

Translations

trans-top|To provide or serve as a remedy for
Hungarian: orvosol
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Kurdish: KUchar|�ار��س��رکرد�
Portuguese: t-|pt|remediar
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Derived terms
remediless

Synonyms
redress
help
correct
cure

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