[re.dress] vt [ME, fr. MF redresser, fr. OF redrecier, fr. re- + drecier to make straight--more at dress] (14c) 1 a (1): to set right: remedy (2): to make up for: compensate b: to remove the cause of (a grievance or complaint) c: to exact reparation for: avenge
2. archaic a: to requite (a person) for a wrong or loss b: heal syn see correct -- re.dress.er n
[2]re.dress n (14c) 1 a: relief from distress b: means or possibility of seeking a remedy "without ~"
2: compensation for wrong or loss: reparation 3 a: an act or instance of redressing b: retribution, correction