(~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
N-UNCOUNT