REDRESS


Meaning of REDRESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪdres ]

The noun is also pronounced /ri:dres/ in American English.

( redresses, redressing, redressed)

1.

If you redress 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 redress wrongs done to them.

VERB : V n

2.

If you redress 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 redress 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 redress from the government.

= compensation

N-UNCOUNT

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