[rem.e.dy] n, pl -dies [ME remedie, fr. AF, fr. L remedium, fr. re- + mederi to heal--more at medical] (13c) 1: a medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease
2: something that corrects or counteracts
3: the legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong -- rem.e.di.less adj
[2]remedy vt -died ; -dy.ing (15c): to provide or serve as a remedy for: relieve "~ a social evil" syn see correct