REDRESS


Meaning of REDRESS in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ something such as a wrong or a complaint, you do something to correct it or to improve things for the person who has been badly treated. (FORMAL)

More and more victims turn to litigation to ~ wrongs done to them.

VERB: V n

2.

If you ~ the balance or the imbalance between two things that have become unfair or unequal, you make them fair and equal again. (FORMAL)

So we’re trying to ~ the balance and to give teachers a sense that both spoken and written language are equally important.

VERB: V n

3.

Redress is money that someone pays you because they have caused you harm or loss. (FORMAL)

They are continuing their legal battle to seek some ~ from the government.

= compensation

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