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Antonyms for redress


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun ree-dres, ri-dres; verb ri-dres
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs; verb rɪˈdrɛs



Definition of redress

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to correct, reform;" late 14c., "restore, put right" (a wrong, error, offense); "repair; relieve; improve; amend," from Old French redrecier "reform, restore, rebuild" (Modern French redresser), from re- "again" (see re-) + drecier "to straighten, arrange" (see dress (v.)). Formerly used in many more senses than currently. Related: Redressed; redressing.
  • noun help, compensation
  • verb change, rectify
Example sentences :
  • Longespe, complained to the King; but Louis could give him no redress.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • With the clash of our spells, no charm can redress our fate.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • But he came home every time; only when Death finally stole him, we had no redress.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • If he had been wronged and injured, why could not he redress himself like other injured men?
  • Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
  • His only redress is forthwith to draw a circle outside of his antagonist.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • It sounded the knell of all hope of redress of their wrongs.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Redress was not granted, and his messenger never returned to him.
  • Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various
  • But now on reading the letter she felt that no redress was within her reach.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • What, then, is the redress in case of his doing any mischief?
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • The world seemed to ring of him, and he had abandoned all means of redress.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

Synonyms for redress

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